Bette Payne Obituary

Bette Jane Payne SUMMERVILLE - Bette Jane Payne, 88, of Summerville, SC, formerly of Indiana, passed away Monday, March 23, 2015, at her residence. A daughter of the late Charles Edward Hill, Jr. and Llewellyn A. Huntingdon Hill, she was born Jan. 26, 1927, in Alameda, CA. Mrs. Payne was a graduate of Berkeley High School in Berkeley, CA. and a homemaker. While a resident of Indiana, she was a member of the St. Thomas More University Parish, formerly the Newman Center in Indiana, PA and was a member of the Dames Club at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. While living in South Carolina she was a member of St. John's in Charleston. She was a collector of postcards and baseball cards and loved music, reading and travel, becoming quite a world traveler with her late husband, as they traveled all over the world. She is survived by eight children: Jan Michael Payne, of Birmingham, AL; Eric Thomas Payne, of Summerville, SC; Jay Conrad Payne, of Pickerington, OH; Edward Kim Payne and wife Kathy, of Pocomoke City, MD; Ted Ransom Payne, of Owings Mills, MD; Nancy Slezak, of Springfield, MO; Maureen Elizabeth Allen, of Land O' Lakes, FL; and Roanna Frances Payne, of Ladson, SC; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Edward Payne; three brothers: Charles Hill, Jr., Paul Hill, Richard Dale Hill and two grandsons. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Robinson-Lytle, Inc., Indiana, where a blessing service will be held Saturday. Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly suggests memorial contributions be made to Aging Gracefully, 4003 Ladson Road, Ladson, SC 29456 or Intrepid Hospice, 2694 Lake Park Drive, 1st Floor, North Charleston, SC 29406. www.robinsonlytleinc.com Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/ charleston