Jackson
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Boone-Wells Funeral Home
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Private family services Thursday at 11at the Greenville Cemetery
Obituary
Another great Soldier and Fallen Hero have been released from duty, passed from our ranks on March 26, 2021, and moved on to his heavenly home. Capt.(Ret) Kendall Payne, age 59, a retired member of the MS Air National Guard who had served within 2/198 AR BN during Desert Storm and the Aerial Port, 172d Air Wing, MSANG has departed and gone to a better place with our good Lord.
It takes a special person to serve within the military for their country giving up their family time, comfort, and safety for their country, ultimately for all Americans to enjoy their freedoms, safety, and way of life. We now applaud you for your service to our country. A special message from General Douglas McArthur remains applicable today for our servicemen that have passed: “Old Soldiers never die; they just fade away”.
Rest in Peace Soldier/Airman. We applaud your patriotism and brave efforts in serving our country and your family for their support of your service. We thank you for your service. Without your efforts and your families’ support, this country would not stand so boldly, shine so bright and live so free.
You now have earned a rest, so go fly with the Angels, go rest high on that mountain; your work on earth is done. Go to heaven a-shoutin’ Love for the Father and the Son.
Please keep CPT Payne’s family, wife, Kendra, and twin sons, Lee in your prayers.
Obituary
Greenville/Jackson – A private family service for Kendall Allen Payne, a retired car salesman and finance officer, will be held at 11AM, Thursday, April 1, 2021 at the Greenville Cemetery under the direction of Boone Funeral Home. The Rev. Michael Lindsay of First United Methodist Church in Greenville will officiate. He died at The University of Mississippi Medical Center on March 26, 2021.
He was born at The King’s Daughter’s Hospital in Greenville on June 12, 1961 to William Payne, Jr. and Marian Frances Shawblosky Payne.
He graduated from Greenville Christian School and Mississippi State University. While at Mississippi State, he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
He attended First United Methodist Church in Greenville during his early life. After graduating from Mississippi State University, he worked several years for Campus Crusade for Christ.
He enrolled in ROTC while at Mississippi State. He joined the Army in 1979 and was commissioned as an officer in 1981, retiring from the Army National Guard as a Captain in 1994. While serving with the Army National Guard, he served on active duty as Battalion Tank Commander during Operation Desert Storm. He reenlisted in the Air National Guard in 1995 and retired in 2004.
He was married to Kendra Barber Payne, and they were the parents of twin boys, Lee and Jackson Payne.
He was an avid SEC Sports fan, and had an interest in militaria and sound systems. The beach was his happy place. He was a Civil War buff, so it was fitting that he named his sons after two generals that served in that war.
He is preceded in death by his parents, William and Frances Payne.
Ken leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Kendra Barber Payne, twin sons, Robert Edward (Lee) Payne, and Thomas Jonathan (Jackson) Payne of Jackson; siblings William David Payne, Sr. and his wife, Judy, of Ridgeland, Mary Ann Payne Ashley and her husband, Wally, of Cleveland, and Melinda Mildred Payne Nichols of Greenville; and a host of nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Disabled American Vets, or the Wounded Warrior Project.