Name:  GEORGE OLIVER PAYNE V

Date of Birth:  21 May 1938

Birth Location:   Donnybrook, Western Australia         

Also Known As:

Date of Death: 20 April 2013

Age: 74 Years

Death Location: Bunbury Hospital, Western Australia

Date of Burial:  Cremated 26 April 2013

Denomination: Anglican B

Row/Grave:  Row 10. Grave # 119

Grave Transcription: 

                                                      IN LOVING MEMORY

                                                          GEORGE OLIVER

                                                      21.5.1938 – 20.4.2013

                                                       BELOVED HUSBAND

                                                                      OF

                                                                  BERYL

                                                     DEVOTED FATHER OF

                                  PAULINE, DIANNE, LAUREL, CHRISTINE

                                                             & FAMILIES

                                                  MEMORIES NEVER DIE

                                              FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS

Father:  George Edward Payne 1V. Born 8 June 1894 Wellington District, Western Australia. Died 26 June 1974 at Capel, Western Australia.

Mother: Margaret Florence (Doyle) Payne. Born 14 September 1915 at Boulder, Western Australia.  Died 7 August 1975 at Capel Western Australia.  Married 1937.

Grandparents (father): George William Frederick Payne 111.  Born C1869 at Capel, Western Australia. Died C1953 Wellington District, Western Australia and Mary Ann Capewell. Nee Jackson. Born C1869 at Mowingup, Western Australia. Died 22 July 1960 Sussex District, Western Australia

Grandparents(mother):  Willie Herbert Doyle. Born 11 February 1884 at Kadina, South Australia. Died Wellington District, Western Australia 9 October 1963 and Ethel Bromilow. Born 22 April 1892 Wellington district, Western Australia. Died 8 November 1970 at Capel, Western Austalia.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Siblings:

Keith Payne. Born 19 September 1939.  Died 27 January 1941 – aged 1 year 4 months

Rodney Payne.  Born 12 February 1941.

Ethel Jean (Scott) Payne.  Born 19 September 1942

Douglas Raymond Payne.  Born 28 January 1944.

Peter Edward Payne.  Born 17 August 1945.  Died 29 June 1949.  3 years 10 months

Wendy Christine (Myles) Payne.   Born 19 January 1947

Valma Mary (Ivory) Payne.  Born 10 December 1948.

Norman Charles Payne.  Born 2 November 1951.  Died 30 August 2001.

Margaret Joan (Savickis) Payne.  Born 29 November 1952.

Janet Ruth (Smith) Payne.  Born 20 March 1954

Helen Joy (Dobbyn) Payne.  Born 2 August 1966.

Naomi Francis Payne.  Born 6 November 1959.  Died 28 September 1975 – 15 years 10 months.

Spouse:   Beryl June (Cain) Payne. Born 7 June 1938.  Married 31 January 1959.

Children:

Pauline Gail Payne.  Born 20 November 1959.  Died 28 September 1975. Aged 15 years 10 months.

Dianne June (Carter) Payne.  Born 13 December 1960.  Married Trevor John Carter Born 10 September 10960 on 31 January 1931.

Laurel Marie (Chadwick) Payne.  Born 22 May 1963. Married Wayne Hilton Chadwick born 2 February 1960 on 21 November 1987.

Christine Anne (Gossage) Payne. Born 7 November 1967. Married David George Gossage born 7 December 1964 on 8 February 1992.

Occupation:  Farmer

Military Service:  nil

Their Story 

George was born eldest of 13 children of George Snr and Margaret Payne.

He went to Capel River School until the age of 8. From then he was sent to Guildford Grammar School, Perth, Western Australia until 16 years of age.

On leaving school he returned to the family farm on Goodwood Road, Capel, Western Australia working with his parents on a mixed orchard, then a dairy and beef farm.

He met Beryl Cain at 16 years of age at the Capel and Elgin dances and they married when they were 20 years of age.

Four girls arrived over the next 8 years. Sadly their eldest daughter Pauline was killed in a car crash in 1975.

George loved sport, playing football, cricket, golf, darts and lawn bowls.  He also enjoyed fishing, gong to Exmouth for many years and heading down to Sugarloaf with mates.

In 1996 George’s kidneys failed him, which resulted in several years of dialysis until his sister Janet donated one of her kidneys to him in 1995.

His deteriorating health meant he could no longer farm, so a house was purchased in the Capel townsite, and they moved in 2001.

Once living in town George became very interested in woodwork and lathed many nice pieces in his shed.

Being the oldest son in the family tree, descendants from Robert and Catherine Payne, George Oliver Payne V has been granted the Freeman of the City of London.  This has been passed down the line from Robert to the eldest son in succession George, George 11, George 111, George 1V and then to George V.  The scroll is being held in the Ron Maidment Archives Room at the Shire of Capel Library, Capel, Western Australia. As George only had daughters, the lineage ceased.

George succumbed to cancer and passed away in 2013.

Story written by Beryl Payne and Monica Potter for the CDCP website.

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