Jimmie Dee Payton was born in Nelson County, Kentucky, but was raised in Henry County. He was married to Mary Frances Hardin, March 10, 1926, in Henry Co., Ky. (Mary was only 14.) In 1930, Jimmie was enumerated twice, once as residing with his parents in Henry Co., Ky.; and also residing with his wife, in-laws, and infant daughter, Anna Louise, in Columbus, Indiana. They were all still in Columbus in 1940, but by 1942, he was residing with his brother, Walter, working at the American Fork & Hoe Co. He was registered for the Army draft. In April, 1942, he filed for a divorce from Mary, and this was granted July 22, 1942, in Bartholomew Co., Indiana. (Mary moved to Floyd Co., Indiana, remarried to Charles Haag, and came to a tragic end in 1956.) Jimmie's daughter, Anna Louise Payton married James Chester Riggs in 1949.

Jimmie married 2nd to Pearl (Petro) Smith, June 9, 1957, in Columbus.

The Republic
Columbus, Indiana
Monday, Aug. 4, 1969
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Reed funeral home for Jimmie D. Payton, 64, of 425 Cleveland street, who died Sunday at Bartholomew county hospital. The Rev. Charles DeHaven will conduct the rites and burial will be at Garland Brook mausoleum. Persons may call at the funeral home.

Born Aug. 15, 1904, in Henry county, Ky., he was the son of James G. and Ida Crawford Payton. He lived his early life in Kentucky and had resided in Columbus for 40 years. He was a foreman at True Temper company for 37 years until he retired in March, 1966, due to ill health. A second world war veteran, he attended Fellowship Baptist church.

Surviving is his wife, the former Pearl Petro, whom he married June 9, 1958. Also surviving is a step-son, Charles E. Smith of Indianapolis; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Orville Welch of Route 3; four brothers, Bennie Payton and Oldham Payton, both of Campbellsburg, Ky., the Rev. Carl Payton of Madison and William Earl Payton of Sanders, Ky.; four sisters, Mrs. Edward Thompson of 131 South Ross street, Mrs. Otto Rodgers of Pleasureville, Ky., Mrs. Robert Suter of Worthwhile, Ky., and Mrs. George Rodgers of Crestwood, Ky.; and seven grand children.