Col. Gary E. Payne (R) of Wimauma, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.
    Col. Payne was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., in August 1950.

    Emogene Neal Clark, 79, of Andrews, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, at her residence.
    She was a native of Nantahala but had lived most of her life in Andrews.

    James Robert (Bob) Reed, 75, of Douglasville, Ga., passed away Friday, July 24, 2020.

    James Leon Birchfield, 58, of Baton Rouge, La., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, while visiting relatives in North Carolina.

    Ernest Lee Graham of Aiken, S.C., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, at age 89.

    James Harold Ledford, 84, of Murphy, passed away Monday, Aug. 3, 2020.

    Roma Hyler Mathis, 87, of Andrews, died Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Ga.

    Roy Donald Sargent, 89, of Andrews, passed away Monday, Aug. 3, 2020.

    Ernest Lee Graham of Aiken, S.C., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, at age 89.

    Roy Donald Sargent, 89, of Andrews, passed away Monday, Aug. 3, 2020.