Elsie Payne

Mrs. Elsie Margaret Payne, age 79 of Flowery Branch, GA, passed away Monday, September 29, 2008 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Payne was born Friday, June 7, 1929 in Union County, GA to the late John Deyton and the late Maggie Rueie. She was also a member of Liberty Baptist Church. .

Survivors include: husband, James Edward Payne of Flowery Branch, GA, daughter, Mary Frances Pitts of Flowery Branch, GA, son, James Edward Payne of Flowery Branch, GA, daughter, Martha Mildred Whited of Gillsville, GA, son, Jessie Wade Payne of Lula, GA, daughter, Lori Lynn Stewart of Gainesville, GA, sisters Corlee Carpenter and Mary Jane Weaver both of Blairsville, GA, sister, Louise Everett of Buford, GA, and sister, Sudie Belle Bingham of Flowery Branch, GA. 23 Grandchildren, 20 Great Grandchildren, and other friends and relatives also survive.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 2:00 PM from the Cochran Funeral Home with the Rev. Jason Walls officiating. Interment will follow in Union Memory Gardens. Serving as pallbearers are: Jason Payne, Jeff Jones, Jeremy Woodall, Justin Payne, Claude Everett, and John Payne. Serving as an honorary pallbearer is Tracy Vaughn.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-9 PM, Tuesday, September 30.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations may be made to the American Cancer Society..

The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville, Georgia is in charge of arrangements. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.