Sandra L. Payne

February 24, 1951 - February 23, 2020

Sandra L. Payne, age 68, of Sanford, North Carolina, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2020 at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford, NC, one day shy of her 69th birthday. She was a native of Tazewell County, Virginia, having been raised in the Sinking Waters section of Bandy and residing most of her life in Baptist Valley before coming to Sanford to live with her daughter. She was daughter of the late Claude and Edith Beavers of Bandy and was preceded in death by her brother Gary Beavers. Sandra had worked in real estate. She was also formerly employed by Pyott—Boone in Tazewell, Virginia. She was a Richlands High School Class of 1969 graduate. She was married to Mack Payne of Tazewell, Virginia, and is survived by her son Sean Payne and wife, Heather of Wake Forest, NC, and her daughter Tiffany Rorer and husband, Sean of Sanford, NC; four granddaughters: Madison Rorer, Haven Payne, Payson Payne, and Kennedy Rorer; a sister Tammie Scott and husband, Brad of Trenton, Georgia, and several cousins and a nephew Corion Cornette and his son, Cohen. A service of remembrance will be held at Hurst Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, VA at 2 p.m. on Wednesday February 26, 2020 with the Dr. Bradley Scott officiating. Interment will follow at Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Virginia. Pallbearers will be: Barry Muzzleman, Lowell Brewster, Gary Cassis, Corion Cornette, Roger Robinson, and Paul Cook. Visitation time will precede the funeral at 1 p.m. The family wishes to thank the staff and physicians of Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford, NC for tender, compassionate care during Sandra’s last days. Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia is in charge of arrangements and those wishing to express sympathy may do so at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com