Obituaries
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PAYNE, LIZZIE E. COST
Funeral of Mrs. Payne Tomorrow.
The funeral of Mrs. E. L. Payne, who died Saturday night in Walla-Walla, Wash., will be held at the Payne home in Emporia, tomorrow afternoon,at 2:30. Services will be conducted by Dr. R. B. A. McBride, and interment will be in Maplewood.
The casket will be open at the home tomorrow forenoon, Mrs. Payne was Lizzie E. Cost before her marriage. She was born in November 1862, in Keedysville, Md., on a Southern plantation which had been in the family 200 years. It was on the battleground of Antietam. When an eight-month-old baby, her father carried her away from the home to escape the cannon balls fired in the famous battle of Antietam. General McClellan's headquarters were established in the house of Mrs. Payne's uncle, close to her old home. In the spring of 1833 Miss Cost came to Lyon County and taught several years in district schools, and later was a primary teacher in Emporia. October 5, 1887 she was married to E. L. Payne. To them were born six children, all of whom, with their father, are living. They are Gladys Payne, who teaches in Walla Walla, Wash.; Ruth Payne, who teaches in Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Harold Riney, who teaches in Kingman Dorothy Payne, who teaches In Collinsville, Okla.; Marguerite Payne, whoteaches in Phillipsburg, Mont., and Howard Payne, who has been in France, but whose release has been cabled and is believed to be on his way home. Three sisters, living in Maryland, and three brothers, Frank Cost, of Hutchinson; Harry Cost, Grand Junction, Colo.; and Harvey Cost, of Hagarstown, Md„ survive. Mrs. Payne had been a. member of the Presbyterian Church from childhood and she, with her husband and all of their, were members of the First Presbyterian Church of Emporia. She was a prominent member of the Review Club.
Mrs. Payne had suffered from cancer of the stomach for several
years. Mr. Payne also, has been in bad health the past winter and was unable to go to Washington to see Mrs. Payne
or to make the trip at her death. Miss Gladys Payne arrived early this afternoon from Washington with the body
of her mother.
(April 9, 1919 ~ Emporia Gazette ~ Submitted by Barbara Ziegenmeyer)
Phillips, Blake Spencer, born Feb 10, 2005, died April
22, 2005. Graveside Service 1pm, Mon at Phillips Cemetery, Reading, KS. Survived by mother Sausha Phillips, Wichita;
grandparents, Kenny & DeeAnn Phillips, Andover; grandmot her, Carla Hudson, Augusta; uncles Jordan & Jeramy
Phillips, Andover: great-gr andparents, Gene & Sharon Coleman, Wichita; great-great grandmother, Leona Robison,
Coquille, OR; numerous great-aunts, great-uncles, & cousins. Preceded in death by great-grandparents, Ken &
Ester Phillips, Osage City, KS; great-gr andfather, Lawrence Robison, Coquille, OR. The family would like to extend
a special thank you to St. Joseph NICU & Harry Hynes Hospice. DeVorss.
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 4/24/2005 - 4/25/2005.
Ray Edward Ponder, 2038 W. Eighth Ave., died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, at the Kansas Veterans Home in
Winfield. He was 91.
Mr. Ponder moved to Emporia in 1969 and worked for The Emporia Gazette as a typesetter
until 1981, when he retired. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1941 to 1945 in the 40th Infantry
Division, and served in the southern Philippines, Luzon and Bismarck Archipelage.
The son of James M. and Hester M. Harvey Ponder, he was born March 15, 1916, at Puckett,
Miss. He married Freda N. Hale on Dec. 23, 1978, at Emporia. She survives.
Mr. Ponder was a member of the First United Methodist Church. He also was a member
of Tyrian Masonic Lodge 427 of Brandon, Miss.; York Rite Bodies of Jackson, Miss.; Scottish Rite Bodies and Shrine
Arab Temple, both of Topeka; and American Legion Ball-McColm Post 5 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Lowry Funston
Post 1980, both of Emporia.
He is also survived by two daughters, Mary Feast of Haysville and Jere Lynn Vile of
Libertyville, Ill.; one sister, Annele Pierce of Graceville, Fla.; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
A brother, Garland Ponder, and a sister, Vesta Sharp, died earlier.
Mr. Ponder donated his body to the University of Kansas School of Medicine for teaching
and research.
The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the little chapel at the First
United Methodist Church.
The family requests that, instead of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the
Shriners Hospital for Children, 2001 S. Lindburgh Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63131, or Hospice Care of Kansas, 1491
Main, Winfield, KS 67156. (Emporia Gazette ~ Wednesday, 10 October 2007)