Richard Junior Payne, age 56 of Altavista, passed away on February 21, 2021 in Charlottesville. He was the son of the late Mr. John Payne and Mrs. Margaret Payne.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Alphonso and John Payne; his mother and father-in-law, Herbert and Millie Carr; five brothers-in-law, Hubert, Herbert, James Williams and Jesse; one sister-in-law, Betty.

He is survived by his wife Glenwood C. Payne of the residence; two children, Ms. Angela Ferrell of Pamplin and Ernest Hamlette (T-Bone) of Chatham; three grandchildren, Jamieson, Hannah, and Amyah; six great grandchildren; four sisters, Nancy Adams, Debra Payne, Linda Scott (Larry) all of Altavista, and Mabel Black of Lynchburg;  adopted father, Joseph Davies (Ronletta) of Oxenhill, MD; four sisters-in-law, Beverly Lane of Nathalie, Virginia Crawley (John) of Clover, Lizzie Lovelace of Altavista and Felisha Carr of Lynchburg; two brothers-in-law, Robert Carr and Melvin Poindexter of Altavista; aunts, Maggie Adams and Ada Ghoston (John), both of Brookneal; two devoted friends, Charles Miller and William Hamlette; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

Service for Mr. Richard Payne may be viewed at the facebook address shown below.  Paste address in the facebook search bar.

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