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Sheriff Payne died at his home in Natchitoches of cardiovascular disease and the lingering effects of [[influenza]] contracted five months earlier. In addition to his children and third wife, Ola, he was survived by a half-sister, Emily Payne Watson, daughter of William Payne's first marriage to the former Theresa Long, and three sisters, all from Natchitoches: Mrs. Elisa P. Williams, Mrs. W. C. Jones, and Mrs. Alicia Evelena Payne Cunningham (1874-1961), the wife of Charles Milton Cunningham (1877-1936), the publisher of ''The Natchitoches Times'' and from 1915 to 1922 a state senator. After her husband's death, Evelena or "Miss Lena,"as she became known, continued to publish the newspaper. Sheriff Payne also had a brother, Edward O. Payne of Natchitoches.<ref name=payne/>​

Sheriff Payne died at his home in Natchitoches of cardiovascular disease and the lingering effects of [[influenza]] contracted five months earlier. In addition to his children and third wife, Ola, he was survived by a half-sister, Emily Payne Watson, daughter of William Payne's first marriage to the former Theresa Long, and three sisters, all from Natchitoches: Mrs. Elisa P. Williams, Mrs. W. C. Jones, and Mrs. Alicia Evelena Payne Cunningham (1874-1961), the wife of Charles Milton Cunningham (1877-1936), the publisher of ''The Natchitoches Times'' and from 1915 to 1922 a state senator. After her husband's death, Evelena or "Miss Lena,"as she became known, continued to publish the newspaper. Sheriff Payne also had a brother, Edward O. Payne of Natchitoches.<ref name=payne/>​

Payne is interred at the historic American Cemetery in Natchitoches.<ref name=payne/> He was succeeded as sheriff by his son, William "Bill" Payne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertychapelcemetery.org/files/sheriff.html|title=Sheriff [[Wyatt Luther Nugent]], Deputy Delmer Lee Brunson [Killed]|publisher=libertychapelcemetery.org|accessdate=January 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>The Liberty Chapel Cemetery source indicates that Sheriff Bill Payne was in 1936 a pallbearer for Sheriff  Wyatt Luther Nugent of Grant Parish, who was killed in the line of duty.</ref>

Payne is interred at the historic American Cemetery in Natchitoches.<ref name=payne/> He was succeeded as sheriff by his son, William "Bill" Payne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertychapelcemetery.org/files/sheriff.html|title=Sheriff Wyatt Luther Nugent, Deputy Delmer Lee Brunson [Killed]|publisher=libertychapelcemetery.org|accessdate=June 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>The Liberty Chapel Cemetery source indicates that Sheriff Bill Payne was in 1936 a pallbearer for Sheriff  [[Wyatt Luther Nugent]] of Grant Parish, who was killed in the line of duty.</ref>

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