Florence Brock Payne, age 95, of Baldwin, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
Mrs. Payne was born on March 18, 1929, in Banks County, Georgia, to the late Condus Silas and Mandy Vine Maxwell Brock. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, William Payne; daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and Wayne Brown; sons, Donald Yarber and Randy Yarber; son-in-law, Wayne Sikes; and several siblings.
Mrs. Payne worked as a Seamstress for Carwood Manufacturing and Riegel Textile until her retirement. She was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church. She was a loving and dedicated mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother. She was known to her grandchildren as “Chump,” “Grandma,” “Granny,” and “Granny Payne.” Not only her grandchildren but many others will remember her as “Granny Payne.”
Survivors include her daughter, Rachel Sikes, of Tampa, FL; daughter and son-in-law, Wanda and Jimmy Crowe, of Baldwin; step-son and spouse, Mitchell and Donna Payne, of Demorest; sister, Eula Cheek, of Clarkesville; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, October 13, 2024, at the Mountain View Baptist Church with Rev. Chad Parker, Rev. Greg Purcell, and Mr. Corey Frauenfelder officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with Rev. Jamey Harvey officiating.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday, October 12, 2024 at the Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel.
The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Geno Akers, Logan Akers, Joel Stewart, Theo Wright, Reid Cheek, Caleb Gilliland, and Ira Pina. The following ladies will serve as honorary pallbearers: Kaitlyn Stewart and Angela Yarber.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Mountain View Baptist Church Hurricane Relief Fund, 269 Mountain View Road, Baldwin, Georgia 30511.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Whitfield Funeral Homes & Crematory, South Chapel, 1370 Industrial Boulevard, Baldwin, Georgia 30511. Telephone: 706-778-7123.
