Ronnie Payne Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral Services for Ronnie Payne will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Union Baptist Church, 1800 Germany Street, Columbia, SC. Public viewing is scheduled for Friday, August 21, 2015 from 11:30-7:00 PM. Interment will take place at Promised Land Cemetery, 1740 Cushman Drive, Columbia, SC. Mr. Ronnie Gladden Payne was born June 26, 1951 in Kershaw, South Carolina. He was the third eldest of nine children born to the late Albert and Louise Payne, Sr. He transitioned from this earth on Monday, August 17, 2015. Ronnie was educated in the public schools of Kershaw County, South Carolina and had a passion for horses since the age of nine. He started training at the age of twelve. He was inspired by his eldest brother, Larry. Mr. Payne became a professional horse trainer for the Honorable Mayor Lester Harmans, owner of Harmans Horse Farm located in Temple, Georgia. Ronnie was preceded in death by his parents; Albert and Louise Jones Payne, Sr. Left to cherish precious memories are: four brothers, Albert (Eva) of Hamden, Connecticut, Larry (Clara), Willie (Sharon) and Kenneth G. Payne; four sisters, Annie (Richard) Jones, Lucia Payne May, Denise (Melvin) Payne and Lougean Payne all of Columbia, South Carolina; a great uncle, Rufus Jones; an aunt, Annie L. Ball; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. All of whom will miss him dearly.

Ronnie Payne

June 26, 1951 - August 17, 2015