PAYNE

MOUNT AIRY — Mrs. Jerlean Margie Boles Payne, 81, of Mount Airy, passed away on Friday morning, July 22, 2011, at the Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. She was born in McDowell County, W.Va., on March 27, 1930, to the late James Early and Allie Simpson Boles. She was an owner and operator of Fairview Grocery and was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband, Thomas Payne of the home; two daughters and sons-in-law, Helen Faye and Mickey Bunton of Hudson and Ruth and Charles Busick of Ararat, Va.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne and Elaine Payne of Dobson and Dennis and Tammy Payne of Dobson; nine grandchildren, Tommy Payne, Cheryl Dance, Daniel Payne, Josh Payne, Benji Payne, Shane Bunton, Melissa Starnes, Terry Busick and Jason Busick; 10 great-grandchildren, Haley Payne, Matthew Dance, Nathan Dance, Tiffany Payne, Miles Payne, Natalie Payne, MacKenzie Starnes, Ciara Oakley, Justin Busick and Jacee Busick; and a special nephew, Herman “Buck” Boles. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Gladys Bingman and Myrtle Bingman; and three brothers, Billy Boles, Ed Boles and Albert Boles. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 24, 2011, at Piney Grove Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Mark Reece and the Rev. Kermit Gray will conduct the services. The family received friends at Piney Grove Baptist Church on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. Her body was taken back to Moody-Davis after the visitation and will remain there until carried to the church to lie in state 30 minutes before the services. Moody-Davis Funeral Home in Dobson is serving the Payne family. Online condolences may be made at www.moodyfuneralservices.com.