Mrs. Ithalean Payne

PAYNE, Mrs. Ithalean - Age 86, Mrs. Payne passed away Saturday, May 27, 2023, at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 9:30 AM Saturday, June 3, 2023, at Christ Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 317 E. Hamilton Ave., with funeral service commencing at 10:00 AM Pastor Allen C. Overton Sr., officiating. Interment Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, G9506 N. Dort Hwy., Mt. Morris, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 9:30 AM Saturday. Mrs. Payne will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. and may be viewed from 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Friday. No one knows the sadness of losing a loved one, only those who have loss can tell the grief that is born in silence for the ones who we loved so much. Our heavenly father saw fit to take Ithalean Payne on to glory from this earth to a better place on May 27th, 2023. Her passing reminds us life is uncertain, but death is for sure. But what a glorious life she led for Christ. Ithalean Anderson Payne was born August 25th, 1936, in Okolona, Arkansas the third child of Willie D (Bo) and Della Phifer. She confessed Christ at the age of 10. She was a graduate of Henry Bill High School Class of 1954. Ithalean relocated to Flint, Michigan and was united in Holy Matrimony to Clifford Lee Payne on August 12th 1956. She was a graduate of Empire School of Cosmetology and was employed at La Vogue Beauty Salon and Claudia’s Hair Port for more than 34 years. Ithalean was a member of Christ Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church formally Canaan Baptist Church. She was involved in several auxiliary’s including, the Mass Choir which she loved to sing the Lord’s Praises. Several decades as a Sunday School Teacher and attended Bible Study on a weekly basis. Whatever space she occupied, she always ministered the word of God. Most of all, she loved being a wife and mother to her four sons. A passion of her and her husband Clifford, always follow-up with the sick and shut in. Prior to her husband’s illness, Mondays were set aside to visit the sick. Whether or not, the church member was home bound, recuperating at a nursing home or being an inpatient, they both felt someone sick always needed a hug or to see a friendly smile or just to hear the word of God in prayer. Mrs. Ithalean Payne leaves to cherish her memory: four sons, Clifford Lee (Sandra) Payne Jr.of Flint, MI., Darrell and Bobbie Payne, both of Minnesota, Patrick P. Payne of Dearborn, MI and Bruce (Sara) Payne of North Las Vegas, NV; four grandsons, Jeremiah, Darrell Jr., Darnell, Dewon and Tristen; granddaughters; great-grandchildren, Trinity Thompkins and Darnell Payne III, ; four brothers, Joe (Eloise) Anderson of San Jose, CA, Willie (Frankie) Anderson of Southfield, MI, Lurie (Dorothy) Anderson of Pine Bluff, AR and Gary Anderson of Bakersfield, CA; one surviving sister, Erma Solomon of Modesto, CA; sister-in -law, Linda Delores (Rogers) Norton Sr.; aunts, Roberta Anderson and Opal Sue Rice, both of Topeka, KS. She leaves behind a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, the Rawls family and the beloved members of the Christ Fellowship Baptist Church family. Mrs. Payne was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Clifford Lee Payne Sr.; mother, Della Anderson; siblings, Clarice Cook and Celes Jackson-White; and beloved mother-in-law, Hazel D. Payne.

Mrs. Ithalean Payne

August 25, 1936 - May 27, 2023