Age 87, passed away Friday, November 12, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Family hour 10:00 AM Saturday, November 20, 2021 at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, G5443 Saginaw St., with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM Pastor Samuel Berry III officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, G-5175 E. Bristol Rd., Burton, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:00 AM Saturday. Mr. Payne will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Friday.