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J 19ev. Walter Payne

GASTONIA - Rev. WalterFlay Payne Sr., 70, 3618 Gaston -Day School Road, died August11, 1995, at home.He was a native of Cleveland

County; son I

of the late IHunter andEssie CarrollPayne; , re-tired South-ern Baptist'minister; at-tended Gard-n e r -Web band Lime-

Payne stone Col-leges, graduated from South-eastern Theological Seminary,Wake Forest; organized andpastored Faith Baptist Church,12 years; pastored Glenwood-Baptist Church, served asmoderator of the Blue RidgeBaptist Association, two years;began' ministry at FairviewBaptist Church, 1968, retired in1989; certified instructor forEvangelism Explosion,' taughtclasses for more than 15 years;Navy and Merchant Marine vet-

I eran.:SURVIVORS: Wife, Sue I

Barrett Payne; daughter andson-in-law, Wanda P. and Mi-chael D. Briggs Sr., Gastonia;son and daughter-in-law, Wal-ter F. and Julia Lee H. Payne,Gastonia; grandchildren,Stephanie C. Lawrence, Colum-bia, S.C., Emily H. and JoshuaB. Payne, Michael D. Briggs Jr., :Gastonia, Mark A. Briggs, ICharleston, S.C.

" FUNERAL: 4, p.m. Sunday,' iParkwood Baptist Church"Revs. Ned Matthews, CarrollLawrence, Jack Bryant, Drs.'Harry Schutte, Leon SmithBURIAL: Gaston Memorial.

ParkPALLBEARERS: Howard;

Kanipe, Rev. Andy Broughton"John Eudy, Ernest Nations.jMike and Michael ShermanElmore, Parks StilesH 0 NOR A R V PAL L·, "I

BEARERS: Deacons of church-"es pastored by Rev. Payne and I

fellow ministers 'VISITATION:' '7~9..:~to~igltt/:

,McLean & Son, Funeral Home';"~other times atthe home'~:,,,)p..i"'!, MEMORIALS: Hospice:' 'of:. Gaston County, P.O. _Box 3984,, Gastonia 28053 . -

GASTON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION1995 MINUTES

IN MEMORY OFWALTER FLAY PAYNE

Rev. Payne accepted Christ as personalSaviour in December, 1949. Payne ac-cepted the call to Ministry in 1950 andordained in 1951. He organized a missionchurch, Faith Baptist, sponsored by Sec-ond Baptist, Kings Mountain.

Payne attended Gardner-Webb and Limestone Colleges andgraduated from Southeastern Seminary in 1959.

He pastored in Blue Ridge Association until 1968, beginning in1963. During this time the church experienced growth in unity; inconversions and baptisms. In 1968 he accepted the call toFairview Baptist Church in Gastonia and pastored there until1989. His commitment was to evangelism, prayer, andshepherding his "flock".

Rev. Payne became a certified instructor for "EvangelismExplosion" and taught this course at Fairview and other churches.Flay's commitment to sharing the Gospel took him into the com-munity, participating in several crusades and Kenya with mission-aries. Five young men accepted the call to go into full-timeministry from Fairview Church. Payne retired his Bibles and NewTestaments after becoming so worn they were no longer usableand as he wrote, "Retired, after being used to help and bless manyfor our Lord - salvation, comfort, counsel, strength, guidance andin eve,y way." (3/19/72)

Payne was characterized by the phrase, "prayer warrior". Heprayed daily for church members and special needs and concernshe had marked in his alphabetized prayer book.

Payne was known for his pastoral care. He emanated a caringand sincere spirit. Many comments have been shared about hisqualities, a faithful servant, a shepherd, preacher, teacher, listener,friend, and a person who made the poorest and weakest of manfeel as important and strong as the wealthiest and mighty.

Dr. John C. McGill, a family friend, stated simply, "We lost agood one, didn't we".

He is survived by his wife, Sue B. Payne; daughter, Wanda P.Briggs and family; and son, Walter F. Payne, Jr., and family.

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ill time .pastordies of cancer"Preacher helpedpeople for 35' years'in area churches'

Wanda P. Briggs; and a son,Walter F. Payne Jr.. ..As a husband, he allowed '

Mrs. Payne to follow herdream, which led her to be-come the executive director ofHillhaven Health Care. '" Fellow pastor and next doorneighbor Leon Smith said he

'GASTONIA - He's ,reme-·· was a good, preacher. "Butmbered as a mentor, a pastor, more than that, he cared aboutand most of all, a gentle caring . people," he said. .person who brought out the "I considered him a mentor,"best in people. said Smith, pastor of FirstRev. Walte.l:..:.Flay- PaVne,70;--,Baptist Church+- ,~,

3618 Gaston Day School Road, Don Conrad Sr. and his sondied Friday, after a bitter fight attended Fairview Baptistwith bone cancer. "i~''''''' Church ~nile. Payne led thePayne founded. Faith Baptist congregation. Payne performed

Church in Kings Mountain in .Conrad's daughter's wedding,1954, preached .at..Glenwood' 1" and he was also ~here. whenBaptist Church from 1966-1968,'}t~ sh,~ died" Conrad s~ld.. .

I and -,continued -his calling at I don t know If ,you couldI' Fairview Baptist Church until look the, worl.d ?,ver. a~d find~.retiring in 1989.. " . 1 I another l!ke him, he said .. ' ' ,ij "He. would minister Ito the .~onrad s son, Don Co~rad J~.,~.sick, he visited homes, he even visited ~ayne several times mtook kids to camp," .said his . th~ hospttat., I .•.. I , ' .

wife of 45 years, Sue Barrett . ~ve~ though h~, was SUff~[-i Payne. mg, said Conrad, ,,?e was "q~-

"I' . t . hi I . er one to complam.. -rr i\.., . m gO.mg 0 miss IS ~ent e . Now, Conrad is a youth PClA-

s~lle:, .his pretty. _e~~s, she. tor at New Hope._Baptist:t; s~ld. I J ~e. ~vas so kind. , : :Church, and he said, he ;q,~es ' ,'i iTh~, father of two made s~re, his decision to Payne. ...f ..': t1.s kids never left home, Wlt~- ,"He helped. me," he ~.out a wor~ of prayer. HIS "Now rwant to give a pal't!~fleaves behind a daughter, myself back to the church." : ,

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By Chris Hagen ,Gazette Staff Reporter

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HISTORY OF BLUE RIDGE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION50 YEARS ---1929-1979 by Millard F. Hall, Historian

1970-1978. Presently he is pastor of First Baptist Church, Red Springs, N.C.He served on the General Board, Baptist State Convention of N.C. 1962-1965; Program

Chairman, Jacksonville Baptist Association, 1968; Moderator, Sandy Run Baptist Associa-tion, Forest City, N.C. 1973-1974; Trustee, Gardner-Webb College, 1974-1978; MemberPresidential Search Committee, Gardner-Webb College, 1976; Member of Executive Com-mittee and Chairman of Curriculum Committee, Gardner-Webb College, 1975; Vice-President, Thermal Belt Baptist Youth Shelter, Forest City, 1974.

L.W. CAINModerator 1965-1966

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L.W. Cain was born and reared in Eastern North Carolina. He served as Public SchoolTeacher and for a number of years as Principal of Casar High School in Cleveland County.He served as Chaplain in the U.S. Army during World War II in 1941-1946 and served inthe Korean War 1949-1954. He attended Wake Forest College and Southern BaptistSeminary.

Rev. Cain has pastored the following churches: Mt. Olive (two pastorates), Fairview,Glen Alpine (two pastorates), Hopewell, Carpenter's Grove, East Marion, and Chapel Hillin the Blue Ridge Association, and Temple Baptist Church. He also taught at FruitlandBaptist Bible Institute. Since retirement he has served the following churches as InterimPastor: Faith, Bessemer City; Nebo, Bethel, East Marion in the Blue Ridge Association;Silver Chapel, Pleasant Ridge, Mt. Lebanon, Glen Alpine, Camp Creek and Fairview. Heserved as Clerk of the Blue Ridge Association in 1963-1964.

/ WALTER F. PAYNE, SR.Moderator 1966-1967

Walter F. Payne, Sr. was born February9. 1925 in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.He is married to Mrs. Sue Barrette Payne.They have two children, Wanda andWalter. He was licensed in 1950 by theSecond Baptist Church in Kings Mountain;later called and ordained by Faith BaptistChurch in the same city. He was educatedat Gardner-Webb and Limestone Collegesand Southeastern Seminary. He has servedas pastor at Faith Church of Kings Moun-tain, Glenwood of McDowell County andFairview of Gastonia, his currentpastorate.

Rev. Walter Payne

Fairview BaptistGet ew Po'storThe Rev. Walter Flay Payne

of Marion will begin his duties7 as pastor of Fairview

Church.pas tor of GlenwoodChurch, Marion, he sue-

Rev. A. K. Cheek whodue to bad health. In-

pastor has been the Rev.Little of Alexis.

Gardner-Webb CoI-Limestone College, hehis B.D. degree from

Southeastern Theological Semi-For 12 years he was pas-

of Faith Baptist Church,. Mountain. In his secondas moderator of the BlueBaptist Association, he

serving as Trainingdirectors for Region 8.minister is married to

Sue Barrett of Cleve-County. Their two childrenWanda Sue, 16, who will

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enroll as a junior at HunterHuss, and Walter Flay PayneJr., who wil lattend Rhyne Ele-mentary School.The Paynes will be at

at 1108 W. Davidson Ave.Tuesday.