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Distinguished Citizen 1976

Mary Ellen (Roby) Payne 1896 – 1975 DC 1976

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Birth 15 Dec 1896 Death 9 May 1975 (aged 78) Burial Christ Reformed Cemetery Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA

Spouse: Joseph Beverly Payne Father: James Parkinson Roby Mother: Barbara Ellen Eckerd-Roby Birth: 15 Dec 1896 Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland, USA Death: 9 May 1975 Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland, USA Residence: 01 Apr 1935 Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland, USA

Brunswick: 100 Years of History (1960) Payne, Mary Ellen Roby (1896-1975) Honored 1976 Mary Roby, one of Brunswick’s finest pianists, began playing a reed organ for the Baptist Church at age twelve and continued there for 66 years. A graduate of Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, she had a lovely soprano voice and was guest soloist in many churches in Baltimore. She served as the choir director of First Baptist Church, and at times assisted the Methodist and Lutheran Churches.