Zoa Annabell Spencer Ross, 96, of Floral, Kansas, passed away Saturday afternoon, June 10, 2023, at her home.

Born September 11, 1926, in Choctaw, Oklahoma, she was the eighth of thirteen children born to Jesse Leorn and Alice Viola (Bourlon) Spencer.  As a child, she lived in Oklahoma on a farm and moved with her family to Kansas in the 1940s.  She was united in marriage to Melvin W. Payton on August 21, 1943, in Douglass.  The couple made their home and raised their four children in the Douglass area.  The couple later divorced.

Annabell worked at House Hardware in Douglass before working in the aircraft industry in Wichita at both Cessna and Beech Aircraft.  In 1987, she moved to Winfield and began selling Avon in 1990.  She remained with Avon for many years, winning many awards, until retiring in 2006 at the age of 80.

Her family includes her daughters, Sonya Draper and husband, Earl of Wichita; Maureen Ingram of Winfield; her daughter-in-law Janice Payton of Wichita; and her 13 grandkids, 19 great grandkids, 18 great-great grandkids, 20 nieces, and 16 nephews.

In addition to her parents, Annabell was preceded in death by two children, Leorn Payton and Alice Foust, a granddaughter Jana Lea, and two grandsons, Jared Lyon and Nolan Kebert.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, June 17, 2023, at Douglass Baptist Church.  Interment will follow at the Douglass Cemetery.  A visitation is scheduled at Miles Funeral Service in Winfield on Friday from 4 to 8 P.M.  The family will greet friends that evening.

A memorial has been established in Annabell's name for the COPD Foundation.  Contributions may be made through the funeral home.