Born April 11, 1924, in Holcomb, son of the late William Virgil and Sarah Gusta Malear Wayne, he was a retired farmer.
Survivors include one daughter, Demetria Riley, of Interprize, Miss., one son, Ralph Wayne, of Holcomb, one granson, Thomas Gene Mikel Jr., of Madison, Wis., and one sister, Dorothy Gilliam and husband, William, of Barton, Ark.
He was preceded in death by two grandchildren, one sister, and an infant brother.
There will be no visitation or services. The Landess Funeral Home has handled the burial.












