Saturday, May 10, 2025

Wesley Jarvis Payne, Sr.

August 26, 1933 – September 17, 2022

WANCHESE — Wesley Jarvis Payne, Sr., 89, of Wanchese, NC passed away at home surrounded by family on Saturday, September 17, 2022. Mr. Payne was born in Wanchese and was a former employee of the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

He was the son of the late Wesley Corbett Payne, Sr. and Ida Daniels Payne and the husband of the late Carolyn “Jean” Payne.

Mr. Payne is survived by one daughter, Wilma P. Barnes and husband Wallace Shane Barnes of Kannapolis, NC and one son, Wesley Jarvis Payne, Jr. of Wanchese, NC. Also surviving is a grandson, Hugh Ammons Barnes and wife Heather Barnes; a great-granddaughter, Albree Nash Barnes all of Kannapolis, NC; and a brother, Donald Slye Payne of Wanchese, NC.

Friends may join the family for visitation on Thursday, September 22, 2022, from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm at Twiford Colony Chapel, Manteo and other times at the home, 3897 Mill Landing Road, Wanchese. The family plans a private gathering at the graveside on Saturday, September 24, 2022, in Cudworth Cemetery.

To plant a tree in memory of Mr. Payne or send flowers to the family, please visit www.TwifordFH.com/send-flowers.

Twiford Funeral Homes, Outer Banks is assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences and memories may be shared at www.TwifordFH.com.

 

Share post:

SUBMIT

There is no charge to publish obituaries. Please send the information to donna@islandfreepress.org

Recent Obituaries

Keith Mason Raynor

NAGS HEAD -- Keith Mason “Scooter” Raynor Jr., of Kill Devil Hills, NC, passed away on April 19,...

Yvonne Hubbard

NAGS HEAD -- Yvonne Hubbard, 78, of Nags Head, North Carolina, went home peacefully on April 29, 2025,...

Paul William “Billy” Clements

MANTEO AND GLOUCESTER -- Paul William “Billy” Clements was welcomed into the loving arms of his Lord and...

Barbara Mills Sircey

Barbara Mills Sircey, 73, passed away on May 1, 2025, from Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, a relentlessly progressive neurologic...