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Rosser H. Payne, Jr. Of Warrenton, VA died on January 11, 2019 at his home. Born October 6, 1925, he was the only son of Rosser H. and Frances D. Payne of Crest Hill, Hume, VA. He grew up in Arlington and Fauquier Counties. Rosser attended Linton Hall Military School in Bristow, VA, St. John's College Military Prep in Washington, DC and served our nation during WWII in the U. S. Army Air Corps, in the Pacific Theater with the 879th Bombardment Squadron. Rosser's professional career began in 1950 as a Civil and Cartographic Engineer with U.S. Geological Survey, Arlington, VA. In 1952 Rosser joined Fairfax County where his Urban Planning career began as the Principal Planner in the Planning Department, and resigning in 1967 from the position of Deputy Director of the Fairfax County Planning Department, to establish R. H. Payne and Associates, an Urban Planning Management and Consulting firm,headquartered in War- renton, VA. During this 30-year period he also served as a Lecturer in Planning at the University of Virginia School of Architecture in Charlottesville, VA in the Division of Urban and Environmental Planning, retiring from both the profession and teaching in 1997. Rosser dedicated his working career to the Commonwealth of Virginia and to teaching its future generations. Rosser enjoyed Black Angus cattle farming at his family farm at Crest Hill, Hume, VA. He was a long-standing member of the Warrenton Baptist Church; teaching the young men's Sunday School class, and in later years serving on the Personnel Committee and as a Trustee of the church. Rosser served locally on a number of Boards and Commissions including the Vint Hill Economic Development Authority, the Fauquier Hospital Development Board, and was a Founding Committee Member of the Fauquier Veterans Memorial. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mary Furr Payne; three daughters, Anne Carter Payne, Mary Frances Griffin, and Martha Louise Payne all of Warrenton; three daughters by his first marriage, Susan Dabney Kerr, Courtney Dashiell Strohmenger and Melinda Wallace Green. The family is grateful for the loving and dedicated service of Ann Reed for the past eight years. The memorial service will be held on Friday, January 18, 2019 at 2 p.m. at Warrenton Baptist Church, 123 Main Street, Warrenton, VA 20186. Interment will be private at the Orlean Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Warrenton Volunteer Fire & Rescue Co., 167 W. Shirley Ave., or to Warrenton Baptist Church, 123 Main St., both at Warrenton, VA 20186.