and Walter (Pam) Freeman Payne of Denver, Co. He is survived by his loyal wife of 60 years, Mary Suttle Payne of Lookout Mtn., his daughter, Mary Catherine (Tom) Overby of Vienna, Va., his son, Stanley Ross (Sally) Payne, Jr. Stanley is preceded in death by his parents, Alice and Walter Payne. He loved investing and politics and never shied away from a heated debate of either. Stanley loved hiking with his hiking buddies, tennis at the Fairyland Club, and sailing their catamaran at Pawley’s Island every summer. His family is forever grateful for the loving care he also received in later years from his caregivers. He greatly valued the Lookout Mountain community, that provided much love and support to his family over the years. Stanley loved his profession, his family, and the Lookout Mountain Presbyterian church. In 1969, Stanley and Mary moved to Lookout Mountain with their three young children, to begin his career as an orthopedic surgeon in Chattanooga, Tn. Stanley and family then moved to Schenectady, NY and San Francisco, as he studied various specialties of orthopedics. in orthopedics, and one year as a Fellow. He then began his residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minn. Married, they spent four years at the Naval Air Station outside of D.C., where Stanley was commissioned a Lieutenant. where he met his wife Mary, a school teacher, from Suttle, Ala.

Stanley was accepted into the Navy’s Flight Surgeon school in Pensacola, Fla.

He was raised in San Antonio, graduating from Alamo Heights HS, followed by Tulane University and Tulane Medical School. Stanley was born on Februin Dallas, Texas. Stanley Ross Payne, M.D., of Lookout Mountain, Georgia, passed away peacefully at home, family by his side, Wednesday, August 15, 2018.

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