Services for Cleveland Payne, Jr. 91, of Ferriday, LA will be held Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 11:00am from Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Ferriday. Burial will follow Monday, October 13, 2014 at 10:00am at the National Cemetery in Natchez, MS with military honors. Rev. Theodore Walker will officiate.

Mr. Payne, son of Cleveland and Irene Turner Payne was born in Natchez and died at the Veterans Hospital in Alexandria, LA.

Mr. Payne was a World War II veteran; member of the Pride of Concordia Masonic Lodge #160; American Legion Post #536; and Deacon and recording secretary for Mt. Olive Baptist Church.

He is survived by two sons, Cleveland Payne and his wife Sally of Hammond, ID; Edward Payne an his wife, Marquita, of Newnan, GA; two daughters, Helen Payne of Ferriday; Patsy Autmon and her husband, Jimmie of Killeen, TX; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Katie Payne; two sons, Ronald Payne and Donald Payne; two brother, Freddie Baker and Eddie Baker.