Birth date: Dec 12, 1976 Death date: Feb 14, 2026
Dr. Yolanda Payne - Jameau entered into eternal rest on February 14, 2026. Please keep the family in your prayers. Read Obituary
Beautiful, sweet Yolanda. The world will miss you. May God bless your family.
Cuz, this is so difficult for me to write. I can't believe God has called you home so soon. It's clear to me now why Dr Elizabeth Kubler-Ross identified the first stage of grief as denial. I'm literally in shock & disbelief. how can this be? why has this happened?... These are the questions that keep replaying in my mind over & over again. The reality is this will never make sense to me on a human level. Maybe you & God will take the time to explain it to me one day. But until then, I will grieve your loss, yet cherish your memory. I'm thankful God allowed our paths to cross. I'll look for you again, Cuz. Kiss my Aunt Regina for me. I Love You 💔
--Kathryn "Katy" Jones-Gardner
Cuz, this is so difficult for me to write. I can't believe God has called you home so soon. It's clear to me now why Dr Elizabeth Kubler-Ross identified the first stage of grief as denial. I'm literally in shock & disbelief. how can this be? why has this happened?... These are the questions that keep replaying in my mind over & over again. The reality is this will never make sense to me on a human level. Maybe you & God will take the time to explain it to me one day. But until then, I will grieve your loss, yet cherish your memory. I'm thankful God allowed our paths to cross. I'll look for you again, Cuz. I Love You 💔
--Kathryn "Katy" Jones-Gardner
I am humbled to have had the opportunity to know you and love you and your family. Ms. Yolanda, you’ve left this world far too soon, but the love and light you gave will never fade. Your kindness, resilience, and grace spoke to your beautiful essence and your beautiful soul showed us me what it means to be a woman.
May your legacy live on through your beautiful children you nurtured and in the many lives you've touched with compassion, kindness, and wisdom. I will always remember you and your kind spirit always. Sleep in heavenly peace, beautiful 💕🕊️
Our dear Soror Yolanda (our LS #3) and I had a birthday a day apart. We were going to turn 50 years old together this year! No mater how Yolanda felt, she reached out on the 11th and I reached out on the 12th. It was our pattern no matter how often we talked throughout the year.
One of our other line sisters (#5 Sherie Thomas) and I went to visit for Yolanda's birthday party in Florida in 2018! We had a blast!
Dr. Payne-Jameau and I graduated from UNO together. In college, we did so much together from studying to joining AKA! And we both went on to become doctors like we said we would.
I’m thankful that Yolanda is restored in the Holy Spirit and one day we will meet again.
Love you LS!
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From taking trips in your tiny car around Florida when I would come visit lol, to sending my daughter her first Ivy Box subscription when you found out she finally became an AKA you always understood the assignment! As my cousin, you set the bar HIGH for education amongst so many other parts of how to live life without regret. You did EVERYTHING with grace and love never asking for anything in return. When you came to visit us in VA one summer, I took you around DC and out of all people we saw Bill Clinton land and get out to greet people on his way back to the White House! You couldn’t tell us anything that day lol. I give my love and deepest condolences to your children, husband and the rest of our family! This is a loss that hits different but we are comforted in the fact that we know you are free of pain. May your light continue to shine bright. May your legacy continue with excellence and May you be at peace finally with our heavenly creator. I love you, and it’s not goodbye but as granddaddy would always say…..see you later.
Our lives intersected for only a small moment in time — a moment I will cherish forever.
Yolanda was a radiant soul — bold in spirit, courageous in heart, and wrapped in a kindness that was both sweet and gentle. Her presence carried a quiet grace that felt like light, and her life was a beautiful reflection of love in action.
To have known her was to witness God’s tenderness in human form.
Though she now rests beyond what we can see, her spirit lives on — in love given, in memories cherished, and in the peace that reminds us she is held safely in eternal light.
What a blessing it was to walk even a small part of this life with her. And what a gift it will always be to carry her memory in my heart.
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” — 2 Timothy 4:7"
Love Karma #4
