From Texas-
The minister was in a meeting when a secretary interrupted to tell him the vice president of the United States was on the phone.
“Claude,” the vice president said, “I’ve got a favor to ask.”
Claude
Payne, then rector of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston, didn’t
hesitate in answering, “Of course, Mr. Vice President.”
The
vice president was George H.W. Bush, who would be elected President
Bush the next day, Nov. 8, 1988. The favor was that Payne would lead a
brief service of thanksgiving at St. Martin’s the day after the
election, no matter who won.
“It would be a thanksgiving for our country,” Payne said. “That’s a part of his DNA.”
Payne,
86, and his wife Barbara, retired to Abilene, their hometown, after
Payne’s career as an Episcopal rector and bishop of the Diocese of
Texas.
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