A graveside service for Connie Lou Payne, age 73, of Como, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, September 16, 2022, at Mills Cemetery in Garland, Texas with Pamela White officiating. Pallbearers will be Tom Bennett, Cory Payne, Otis Payne, Brandon Tyner, George Ray, and Shane Stone. There will be no formal visitation.
Connie passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2022, at her residence. She was born on May 6, 1949, in Garland, Texas, the daughter of Samuel and Margie Middleton Tyner. She married James Payne in December 1983, in Quitman, Texas. Connie worked as a respiratory therapist for many years.
She is survived by husband, James of Como; sons, Jim Bennett of Lake Worth, Texas, Travis Bennett and wife Aubry of Anchorage, Alaska, and Charles Wesley Bennett of Commerce, Texas; as well as grandchildren, Charley Bennett, Tom Bennett, Annie Bennett, Sam Bennett, Ella Bennett, and Harlow Bennett.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Chuck Tyner; and sister, Barbara Jean Chipwood.
Arrangements are under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home.
