Brian and his kids were regulars at the End of the Pavement.

Brian Payne and his kids were regulars at the End of the Pavement.

Brian was a generous man, the life of any party, and he would never turn down a dare. He had his own brand of karate, loved to wrestle, and was the life of the party.

Brian also has a page in the After 2009 section of this website. Visit it for photos by Trish Garrett. She took some great photos of Brian Payne in more recent years.

Brian, Keith, and Rose

Brian took the kids to trout camp and to horseshoe games at the End of the Pavement.

Keith and Rose are all grown up.

Brian was very proud of both his children.They made a nice looking family.

Brian was getting ready for his birthday party -- with at least 40 cases of beer.

This stack was two deep! When we bought this much beer, we had to fill-out and sign a form at the beer store before they would sell it to us. It stated that we were not planning on reselling it. I guess this helped prevent boot-leggers.

At that time Union County was dry. We had to drive 25 miles to get to a beer store usually going to Nanny Mules across the line on 180 or Windy Hill in Blue Ridge. Sometimes we went all the way to Andrews in North Carolina where beer was actually sold on Sunday.

Brian and Keith were hanging out at the End of the Pavement.

Looks like they are ready for some excitement.

Brian was relaxing but what was he sitting on?

Maybe a lawn chair or is it a recliner?

Little Rose enjoys the sunshine at the End of the Pavement.

She was around a lot when she was little. I think she moved away to New Hampshire for a while.

Keith was about five years old in this picture.

Did I catch him peeing in the weeds?

Or maybe he was trying to show me something. I hope I did not embarrass the boy.

Brian relaxed with a beer.

Brian was a fascinating person. He had a huge imagination and never ran out of ideas. Most of them were outrageous and fun. A few were destructive.

Even when he ruined a good chain saw, it was worth it for the memories.

I will never forget it as long as I live. Brian stood up and declared that he was going to cut up a car. Darrell said he would help and they proceeded to begin. It made a horrible racket and sparks went flying as they tore into the metal.

Cutting up a car at 2:00 a.m. -- the middle of the night for most folks. I am sure people could hear that sound for miles. I wonder why they didn't call the police.

Photo by Brenda Flemming

Brain and Keith play foosball

This was taken at a horsehoe tournament we had inside Gary's workshop. Looks like a good father son game.

Brian was always having some sort of adventure. See pictures of our trip through the wilderness.

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Things we remember about Brian Payne

Lee Ann S – Rose, Your Dad was AMAZING ....... I'll never forget all the times we had it's been years since I seen him last but over the years and all the different people I came across heard lots of my wild times with your dad this one night David corns dad put a little party together, your dad had been down there at the creek all day so he was in rare form by the time me Mitzi twig Ron Tim and I can't remember there was several more but when we pulled up your dad was bouncing off all the trees hooping and a hollering lmao anyway we get out of the car and he was trying to pick a wrestling match with everybody but no body wanted to play yet and he starts at me and I told him Bryan you better stop I'm telling you I'm not gonna play with you lol but you know Bryan he didn't stop and he came at me and some how ( I really don't know how ) but I body slammed him and was on top of him in like a. Blink of an eye it got silent and Bryans like what tha hell did you do so I just played it off like I knew what I was doing lol still in shock he gets up looks at me and says well damn you wasn't playing was you ah God lmao he never let me live that one down but he never picked on me no more

Deborah G -- I never will forget him at the lake on his boat he decided to dive in the water holding a beer and wearing his glasses. He came back up still holding the beer but lost the glasses. I found them walking around in the water up to my neck with my toes.

Lee Ann S -- Omg yes one night on bill byers cove not sure the reason for the party but I was young me Crystal, Sharon and Michelle had our backs to the party doing who knows what when all we heard was a chainsaw and God awful sound and who was it Brian omg it was an Awlful painful noise... I could go on and on about crazy he did we all could

Visit Brian Payne 2 -- Ater 2009 for more recent photos.

Brian Payne at The End of the Pavement By Janice Boling