Dateline: September 19, 2002

Payton

Graveside services for Frank Donald Payton, age 75, were held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 14, 2002, in Citizens Cemetery with Don Stone, Church of Christ minister from Clarendon, officiating.  Burial was held in Citizens Cemetery under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors, Inc., of Clarendon. 

Mr. Payton died Wednesday, September 11, 2002, in Amarillo.  He was born August 5, 1927, in Goes Station, Ohio, and had lived in Clarendon since May 2001.  He was a US Air Force Veteran. 

Survivors include one daughter, Josephine Webb of Clarendon; two sons, Kenneth Payton of Groom and Rickey Payton of Woodward, Oklahoma; five grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.