Mildred Payne

Birth: April 16, 1937 - January 6, 2022

God gives each of us a dash of time from our birth to the day he calls us home. Millie’s dash of time was filled with many touches of moments that we will always cherish.

There are so many ways in which Millie, Mom, Gran touched our lives. She was a caring, supportive, and loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. Regardless of how each remembers her we all knew she was striving to fill a neglected or forgotten need with comfort and love.

A beautiful spiritual lady with a great love for God’s creatures and the sounds of the songbirds. Always having joy in her heart for music and a good book. More than that she loved family and friends. She loved to have a good conversation and a cup of coffee.

She loved education and learning, achieving Magna Cum Laude in college. She excelled as a seamstress with the beautiful clothes she designed and made. She was talented on the piano with an ear for music and timing. The kids often heard stories of when she was in college, in the late 50’s, of the dorm mother who would have her play classical music.

As a wife, she took care of the home and her family to provide a safe haven and a place of comfort for dad. When he became sick from cancer, she was there every minute to meet his needs to his last breath.

As a mom, she had the watchful eye of a hawk watching every move and providing love and guidance.

Everyone she touched adored her because of her ability to share heartfelt stories. When us kids were teens, this often turned to trouble for us because our friends would openly share information about things we did with mom. This information would later get us in trouble. Because while she loves unconditionally her standards were higher for those, she loved the most. She saw everything you did as a reflection of her and would not allow a ripple in that reflection. She always strived to be the best she could be and wanted the same for her family. A charitable heart that would be there for you when the chips were down and celebrate your achievements like they were her own.

She had a strong sense of justice and would always pull for the underdog. She did this by her acts of kindness and willingness to assist friends and family when they needed her the most. Many times, in her life she had little possessions to give but what she had she would share with others without question.

A prayer that exemplifies her nature; “This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it or use it for good. What I do today is very important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever. Leaving something in its place I have traded for it. I want it to be gain, not loss – good not evil. Success and not failure in order that I shall not forget the price paid for it.”

Her talents were great, and her love was strong with her greatest gift to each of us was a communion of time and love that will live in each of us until our time here is complete and we join her in heaven.

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