Spencer Dale Payne

Spencer Dale Payne, 73, of 76 Montview Dr., Asheville, died Wednesday, October 25, 2006, St. Joseph’s Campus Mission Hospitals. Mr. Payne was born in Madison County and was a son of the late Nathan and Violet Moore Payne. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Alice Farris, Lois Barger, and Luetta Etherton. Mr. Payne was retired from the US Navy after 20 years of service and was also a merchant marine. He retired from the VA Medical Center. He attended Basilica of St. Lawrence, D.M. and Big Sandy United Methodist Church. Mr. Payne was loved by many and was extremely family oriented. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother. He is survived by his wife, Milagros Lopez Payne; two daughters, Lena Martin and husband Pat, of Murphy, and Sheila Plemmons and husband Brian, of Asheville; two sons, Antonio Sanchez and wife Loli, and Agustin Sanchez, all of Asheville; three sisters, Lillian Wells and Lena Lundy, both of Leicester, and Mae Suttles, of Swannanoa; brother, Ronnie Payne, of Arkansas; and seven grandchildren, Daniel, Elizabeth, and Steven Sanchez, Kathryn and Heather Plemmons, and Carmen and Bella Martin. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Ave. with the Rev. Ed Worley officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. His family will receive friends from 7-8:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.