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Richard Scott Payne
Richard Scott Payne of Whispering Pines, North Carolina, died on January 17 at the First Health Hospice House in Pinehurst, after battling melanoma. He was 54.
Mr. Payne was born on March 21, 1958, in Denver, Colorado, to George and Carolyn (Kraybill) Payne. He graduated from Westhampton Beach High School in 1976. He was employed by Payne’s Lawn and Tree and Tim Seiger Building before relocating to Whispering Pines in 1993. He owned and operated his own construction business, Richard Payne Carpentry, and built numerous homes in Moore County in North Carolina.
He was an active member of Grace Church and was also very involved with the church’s construction of the new addition in Southern Pines and in Seven Lakes. He served as head deacon and was active in the men’s ministry and mission work, especially building homes and a school for families in Honduras.
According to family, Mr. Payne will be remembered for his powerful faith in God, his humor, his open and compassionate heart, his mission to help others and most of all for his deep and abiding love for his family.
In addition to his parents, George and Carolyn, Mr. Payne is also survived by his wife of 26 years, Patricia Knotoff; two brothers, George E. Payne and wife Lynn of East Quogue, and Robert B. Payne and wife Paula of Illinois; two sisters, Christine Payne Wright and husband David of North Carolina and Kathryn Payne Tureski and husband Robert of East Quogue; his father-in-law, George Knotoff of Whispering Pines; a sister-in-law, Melissa Massimiani and husband Ron of North Carolina; a brother-in-law, Gary Knotoff of Quogue; four nieces, Kathryn Wright, Amy Wright and husband Shavar Coffey, Jennifer Payne and Rebecca Payne; five nephews, Charles Wright, George Payne, Michael Payne, Robert Tureski and Christian Tureski; a great-niece, Kayla Coffey; and two great-nephews, Kyle Coffey and Brayden Wright.
A funeral service was held on Saturday, January 26, at Grace Church in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
Memorial donations may be made to Grace Church, 1519 Luther Way, Southern Pines, NC 28387 or First Health Hospice Foundation, 150 Applecross Road, Pinehurst, NC 28374. Online condolences may be left at www.bolesfuneralhome.com.
on Jan 28, 2013