Chronicle - Herald
Macon, Missouri
Wednesday
March 28, 1979
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Column 2 & 3Jessey W. Payne of Macon was electrocuted after he touched a hot wire while working on electrical construction in Holts Summit, yesterday.
According to Calloway County medical examiner Dr. Dean Breshears, Payne and another man, both employed by a construction crew subcontracted to Missouri Power and Light, were in a boom bucket while working on power lines. The medical examiner said that Payne was holding a ground wire in one hand when he touched the hot wire. He was lowered to the ground and a local doctor summoned for cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, which proved unsuccessful.
Payne, 43, lived at 218 South Wentz Street.
The body has been taken to the Hutton and McElwain Funeral Home, where funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday. The Rev. William T. White will officiate. Burial will be in Cash Cemetery, north of New Cambria. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday, with Masonic rites scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home.
Born Feb. 15, 1936 in Brookfield, he was the son of Jessey J. and Georgia Edi Payne. He was a journeyman lineman for the Capital Construction of Leavenworth, Kan. He married Sharon Thomas Christianson in Eldon on June 30, 1973. He served in the U.S. Navy for four years and moved to Macon in 1961. He was a member of Masonic Lodge, the Shriners and Electrical Workers Local No. 53 in Kansas City.
Survivors include his wife, Sharon, of the home; his mother, Georgia Payne of Macon; one son, James Payne of Macon; one daughter, Jeanne Austin of Clarence; one granddaughter; one step-daughter, Debra Christianson; six brothers, John Martin Payne, William Andrew Payne of Macon; Randy Leon Payne and David Nelson Payne of Bucklin, Larry Eugene Payne of Green Cove Springs, Fla., and Gerald Dean Payne of Excelsior Springs; five sisters, Mrs. Phyllis Jones, Mrs. Norma Bunton and Mrs. Donald (Linda) Bunton of Macon, Mrs. Jackie (Shirley) Rufener of Atlanta and Mrs. Richard (Margaret) Bromley of Cibolo, Texas.
His father preceded him in death.
The Daily News-Bulletin
( and the Marceline News, the Bucklin Herald, the New Cambria Leader )
Brookfield, Missouri
Wednesday
March 28, 1979
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Page 11 Col 2Jessie Payne Electrocuted
A Brookfield native who lived in Bucklin until he joined the Navy was killed while working on electrical lines in Holts Summit near Jefferson City Tuesday afternoon.
Jessie Payne, 42, of Macon, was pronounced dead minutes after he was electrocuted by Dr. Lori Feeler, a physician who ran from the nearby Holts Summit clinic to try to revive him.
Payne was working for Capital Electric, Leavenworth, Kan., a firm working for Missouri power and Light, it was reported by Dr. Dean Brashears, deputy medical examiner.
According to Dr. Brashears, Payne and a co-worker, Elmo Lay, were working in the bucket of a boom truck putting up a high line. The men had just finished the work and were disconnecting the ground wire when Payne, who was holding a ground wire in one hand, apparently touched a live wire with his other hand.
Payne remained conscious for a few minutes until the boom was lowered and he was removed from the bucket, but he apparently died shortly thereafter.
Dr. Feeler tried unsuccessfully to revive him. He was taken to Charles E. Still Hospital, Jefferson City.
The body was taken to the Hutton and McElwain Funeral Home, Macon, where services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. Visitation is to begin Thursday at 4 p.m.
Mr. Payne, who was born in Brookfield, had lived in Bucklin until he joined the Navy. In 1961 after he was discharged from the service, he moved to Macon.
He is survived by his wife Sharon, of the home; his mother, Georgia, and a son, James, of Macon; one daughter, Jeanne Austin, Clarence; a step-daughter, Debra Christianson, of the home; six brothers, John Martin and William Andrew, Macon; Randy Leon and David Nelson, Bucklin; Gerald Dean, Excelsior Springs; Larry Eugene, Green Cove Springs, Fla.; five sisters, Mrs. Phyllis Jones, Mrs. Norma Bunton and Mrs. Linda Bunton, Macon; Mrs. Margaret Bromley, Cibalo, Tex.; Mrs. Shirley Rufener, Atlanta.
He was preceded in death by his father, Jessie J. Payne.
