[NFBWV-Talk] Roland Payne

[Sheri Koch]

NFBWV May want to send flowers or some kind of donation once arrangements
are known

Sheri

On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 5:07 PM Marcus Soulsby (NFBWV) via NFBWV-Talk <
nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Everyone,
>
> I am very sad to inform everyone that one of our past affiliate
> presidents, Roland Payne, passed away late last night/early this morning
> after a prolonged illness that has been going on for several months. No one
> is really sure what exactly happened, but Roland had a series of health
> issues that really took hold in recent months.
>
> Long before his presidency, Roland was one of our leaders who kept it all
> going. He was our longtime Legislative Director who oversaw many of our
> last state initiatives that our affiliate saw passed, Including the funding
> of Newsline.
>
> He was also a longtime president of the Kanawha Valley chapter of NFBWV
> and, no small feat, was the person who really got me to join this
> organization. He and I had many talks, and I will definitely miss him.
>
> Nothing else is known at this point, details about arrangements will be
> released once they are known.
>
> Please keep Barbara Ann Shy-Payne in your thoughts and prayers.  She was
> one of our long-standing members of NFBWV who served us greatly.
>
> Marcus Soulsby
> President, NFBWV
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
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