I have found the information referred to in my earlier posting and I was mistaken in the order of the deaths of my relatives. She died before her husband. The Application for Admission to the Confederate Home of Missouri was approved on 9 Nov 1912 after an endorsement on 5 Aug 1912 (presumably after verifying eligibility) for Robert Alexander Payne and his wife Susan Melissa Austin Payne. Susan was a younger sister to my great-grandmother Mary Ella Austin Guthrey. Fold3 records show Robert A Payne as a private in Capt. Kirkpatrick's Co (Amherst Artillery), VA Light Artillery, Nelson's Battalion formerly 31 Batt'n VA Art'y. He was on Company Muster Rolls from 1863 to 1864 with 2 hospitalizations, one in June 1864 and one July 1864. On his application Robert says he enlisted Feb 1864 Orange CH (VA) and discharged at Lynchburg 8 Apr 1865 and that he was wounded 3 June 1864 at Cold Harbor and was applying because of poor health. Both Susan and Robert Payne were VA natives who were 66 and 64 when they applied for admission. They had been living in Marshall, Saline County MO since the late 1880's. A lovely remembrance/obituary was written by the home regarding Susan when she died on 22 March 1923 that mentions her being a "popular member of the home who took great interest in the yard about her cottage". So it appears the Home had individual "cottages" for couples. The home application shows Robert Payne died 8 Apr 1932 but I found no further information to indicate if he was still a resident of the "cottage" or the large building shown in pictures. Both Susan and Robert are shown by MO Death Certificates to be buried at the Confederate Home Cemetery.