Background
Payne, Barbara Pittard was born on December 25, 1919 in Atlanta. Daughter of Thomas Pierce and Elizabeth Myrick (Edmondson) Payne.
Payne, Barbara Pittard was born on December 25, 1919 in Atlanta. Daughter of Thomas Pierce and Elizabeth Myrick (Edmondson) Payne.
Bachelor, Oglethorpe University, 1952. Master of Arts, Emory University, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, Emory University, 1963.
Assistant professor Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1963—1971, associate professor, 1963—1971. Professor sociology, director Gerontology Center, from 1972. Member Georgia Council Aging, from 1978.
Member stroke subcommittee American Heart Association. Trustee St. Paul's Seminary, Kansas City. Board directors Wesley Homes, Inc., Dunwoody United Methodist Church.
Director adult education North Georgia Conference United Methodist Church, 1953—1959.
Fellow: Gerontological Society of America. Member: Western Gerontological Society, World Future Society, Southern Sociological Society, American Sociological Association, Southern Gerontological Society, Association Gerontology Higher Education, American Association Retired Persons, Science Society Study Religion.
Married Marion Carter Pittard, June 14, 1967 (divorced December 1967). Children: Barbara Pittard Styles, Marion Tarlton Pittard. Married Raymond Payne, July 30, 1970 (deceased).