Pearline Mulkey Payne, 82, of Dalton, Georgia, died on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at the local hospital.
Pearline was born Nov. 18, 1932 in Bartow County, GA, to the late Carthon Mulkey and Dora Hart Evans; and was also preceded in death by her husband, Erwin Payne; sons, Gary Ray, Douglas and Archie; one infant son; brothers, J.T. Mulkey, C.W. Mulkey and Claude Mulkey Jr.; sisters, Ella Mae Childers and Hazel Parker.
She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Sammy Avens of Sumter, SC, Betty Joe, Johnnie Sue Thompson of Buchanan, GA, Rachael Payne of Resaca, GA, Donna and Ricky Cook of Rocky Face, GA, Daphney Jones and Gerald Beavers and Beverly Dixon of Dalton, GA; sons and daughters-in-law, Fredrick and Vivian Mulkey of Cartersville, GA, Lloyd of Chattanooga, TN, Richard Goldin of Draketown, GA and Diane Ray of Varnell, GA; sisters and brother-in-law, Jack Coker of Calhoun, GA, Dale and Phares Parsons of Dalton, GA; 19 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Pearline Mulkey Payne will be held Friday Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. from the Ponders Melrose Chapel with Reverend Randall Childers officiating. Interment will follow in the Haven of Rest Cemetery in Gordon County with Steve Allen Massingill, Cody Jones, Mitchell Arnold, Jacob Dixon, Kevin Mulkey, Levi Thompson and Lundy Thompson serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Gabriel, Alexis, Patrick and Jonathan.
Arrangement are by Ponders Melrose Chapel, Dalton.