Zoe Edith McDaniel Payne

Zoe Edith McDaniel, born August 10, 1912, in the Stonewall Community of Clarke County, Mississippi, is one, of two daughters born to Louis Presley McDaniel and Katie Mae Saltonstall McDaniel. She died at 6:50 a.m. at Wesley Medical Center on January 11th 2007.

Services for Zoe Edith McDaniel Payne, age 94, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, will be held on Sunday, January 14th, 2007 at 2 p.m. at Jones & Son Funeral Home, Hattiesburg, MS, with graveside services following at Roseland Park Cemetery, Hattiesburg, MS. Visitation will be today and Sunday morning. Officiating at the services will be Robert Emmett Payne, Jr. of Forest Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Gadsden, Ala. Pallbearers will be grandsons Robert Emmitt Payne III, William Brian Payne, Fredrick H. Asher, Jeptha N. Cole, Thomas P. Cole, and David N. Payne.

Zoe Edith McDaniel Payne is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Emmitt Payne, Sr., Lauderdale, MS, her parents Louis Presley McDaniel and Katie Mae Saltonstall McDaniel, and her sister Katherine McDaniel. She is survived by two sons and daughter, Robert Emmett Payne, Jr., and Elizabeth (Betty) Payne of Birmingham, Ala. and William Norman Payne and his late wife, Carolyn P. Payne of Kingwood, Texas; and a daughter and son-in-law, Katherine Payne Cole and John Franklin Cole of Hattiesburg; five grandsons and two granddaughters-in-law, Robert Emmitt Payne III of Douglasville, Ga., William Brian Payne and Shelley LeBlanc Payne of Dunwoody, Ga., David Norman Payne of Jackson, Jeptha Newton Cole and Karen Field Cole of Jackson, and Thomas Payne Cole of Jackson; three granddaughters and one grandson-in-law, Mary Elizabeth Payne of Franklin, Tenn., Anna Louise Cole Asher and Frederick Herlihy Asher of River Ridge, La., and Meredith Amanda Cole of Hattiesburg, MS; three great grandsons, Joel Austin Payne of Douglasville, Ga. William Parish Payne of Dunwoody, Ga., and John Stanton Cole of Jackson; one great-granddaughter, Claire Davis Payne of Dunwoody, Ga.; two sisters-in-law Margaret Payne McCully of Jackson, and Olive Kennedy Payne of Brandon, MS; cousins, Emily and Guy Gunn, Trudy Perry of San Antonio, Texas, Johnny Noland of Austin, Texas, Peggy Howell of Houston, Texas, Pat and Byron Jackson of Hillsboro, OR, Edna Saltonstall of Norfolk, NE, Gurdon and Elizabeth Saltonstall of Nashville, Tenn., Donald Gavin of Hattiesburg, MS, Rowena Rollins of Allenhurst, NJ, Mary Parks of Taylors, S.C. and Ted and Sue Willard of Columbia, S.C.

Zoe Edith McDaniel Payne attended school at Magnolia Elementary School, Magnolia, MS and Tuscaloosa Elementary School, Tuscaloosa, Ala. before attending the Quitman School System, graduating from Quitman High School in 1931 and Jones County Junior College, Ellisville, MS in 1933. She later attended The University of West Alabama and The University of Southern Mississippi.

Zoe Edith McDaniel Payne worked for four years in the office of Clarke County Superintendent of Education before marrying Robert Emmitt Payne, Sr., of Lauderdale, MS on July 24th, 1937.

After living in Rolling Fork, MS for six years, the couple moved to Lauderdale, MS with their two young sons where Edith was active in community activities and The Lauderdale Presbyterian Church. She taught nine years at Lauderdale High School before joining the United State Post Office Staff at Lauderdale, MS. She served as Postmaster until 1978, retiring after twenty years of service. In 1981, Edith moved to the Oak Grove Community of Lamar County.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Lauderdale Presbyterian Church, 2731 Presbyterian Church Road, Lauderdale, MS 39335 or your personal charity.