Cuyler Anthony Payne

Cuyler A. Payne

HADDOCK, GA - Cuyler Anthony Payne, 85, of Grey Fox Court, passed away Tuesday July 21,2026 at his residence.

Services will be held Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 4:00 pm, at the Gordon Methodist Church. Rev. Jason Dillard and Harold Reece, Jr. will officiate. Burial will be at a later date in Walnut Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Masonic Rites.

Mr. Payne was born in Allentown, GA. The son of the late John Marion Payne and Hettie Howell Payne. He was the widower of the late Phyllis Kay Clarke Payne and was preceded in death by his son Anthony Clarke Payne and his brother John Derrick Payne. Cuyler was former Trooper with the Georgia State Patrol, and retired Chief of Police for the city of Gordon, GA and served as Probate Judge of Wilkinson County. Cuyler was a Mason and a Shriner. He was a member of The Gordon Methodist Church.

Survivors include his son John Stacy (Niccole) Payne. His sister Marian P. Beacham. Grandchildren, Anthony Clarke (Victoria) Payne II, Aiden Luke Payne and John Graham Payne. Great Grandchildren, Maveric Payne and Weston Payne. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

The family will receive friends Thursday from 3:00pm-4:00pm in the Gordon Methodist Church.

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Reece Funeral Home in Jeffersonville, GA has charge of arrangements.