Then & Now
Mr. Kenneth W. Payne, 77 died peacefully on October 30, 2018. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri on December 17, 1940. Kenneth resided in Akron, Ohio since 1950 and graduated from South High School in Akron, Ohio in 1959. After high school, Kenneth served our country through the United States Army for six years. He worked for B. F. Goodrich for many years and retired in 1980, and was a faithful member of the South High School Alumni.
Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents, Laverne (King) Payne and Robert W. Payne Sr., (wife) Patricia (Acklin) Payne; (nephew) Duane A. Payne; (sisters) Rosemarie Payne and Delores (Payne) Banks.
Kenneth is survived by his (four) children, Leslie Powe, Kennita Payne, Kenneth P. Payne and Tremonte D. Payne; (five) grandchildren, Khristopher Powe, Kameron Powe, Kahyl Powe, Khyaira Powe and Emmanuel Payne; (two) great-grandchildren, Giada Marie and Luna Star; (brothers) Robert W. Payne Jr. and Ronald E. Payne (Lola); (sisters) Ramona J. Payne and Wanda K. Payne; (sister-n-law) Jacqueline Acklin and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.