Beloved Sour Lake barber Payne dies Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 6:12 pm, Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Longtime Sour Lake barber David Payne was as well-known for his prowess with scissors as he was for his gift of gab and his status as community stalwart. Payne's shop was popular as a spot to hang out, shoot the breeze and solve the world's problems. The shop was also well known as "the political capital of Sour Lake," according a 1979 Enterprise story Payne kept in a plastic sleeve in the shop.