HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY

June 14, 2015 at 9:24a.m.

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Louise F. Payne

HONOREE

Residence city: Youngs-town

Date of birth: June 14, 1915

City/State: Mount Airy, N.C.

FAMILY

Parents: Claude Thompson and Chanie Thompson

Siblings: Gaynell Hatcher and Dorothy Johnson, both deceased

Spouse: Stanley W. Payne

When married: April 3, 1962

BACKGROUND

Education: Blue State College and Youngstown State University, bachelor’s degree in early childhood education

Employment: Telecommunications supervisor, U.S. Postal Service

Church membership: St. Andrewes A.M.E. Church, Youngstown; president of North Ohio Conference of Women’s Missionary Society A.M.E. Third Episcopal District; and first black person to serve as secretary for Church Women United, Youngstown

Club memberships: National Council of Negro Women, N.A.A.C.P., Alpha Nu Chapter of Iota Phi Lambda Society Inc.

CELEBRATION

Date and place: Birthday party took place at 3 p.m. June 13 at the Holiday Inn in Boardman.