Darla Lynn Payne Congdon, age 75, of Hopkinsville, KY, passed away on Friday, September 22, 2023, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN of natural causes. Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM on Saturday, September 30, 2023, at St. John’s Methodist Church with Rev. Robert Hoffman officiating and burial to follow in Rosedale Cemetery. Visitation will be at Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home on Friday, September 29, 2023, from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home has been entrusted by the family to handle the arrangements.
Mrs. Congdon was born on September 2, 1948, in Hopkinsville, KY, the daughter of the late Henry Bates Payne Sr. and Dorothy Louise Beard Payne. Darla was a loving wife, mother, Nana, sister, and educator. She was a friend to everyone. Darla loved to travel, shop, and just spend time with friends and family. She was a member of St. John’s Methodist Church In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Randy Ray Congdon in 2021
Survivors include sons, Shane Congdon and his wife Carrie of Spring Hill, TN, Kyle Congdon and his wife Heather of Henderson, KY; her brother, Henry Bates “Butch: Payne, Jr and his wife Brenda of Pembroke, KY; her sister, Betty Banton of Louisville, KY; and her grandchildren, Ethan Grace, Caleb Congdon, Conner Congdon, and Landon Congdon.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to Tunnel to Towers Foundation, 2361 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10306