Marie Eleanor Paynter, 72

FELTON - Marie Eleanor Paynter, died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, in Silver Lake Nursing Home in Dover. She was 72. She was born in Chester, Pa., the daughter of the late Harvey Morris and Mary Eleanor (Wyss) Morris. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Marshall Paynter; and brothers, Elwood and Wyndel Morris. She is survived by her husband, Charles Marshall Paynter; her children, Sharon Cox, Linda Kastle, Roy Knightly, Dennis Paynter and Richard Paynter; brother, Donald Morris, sisters, Marion Morris and Joyce Hutberg; 18 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services will be private. Arrangements handled by Berry-Short Funeral Home, Felton.