Background
Cline, Robert Eugene was born on May 6, 1925 in Hildebran, North Carolina, United States. Son of Carl Vernon and Mary Belle (Lipe) Cline.
Cline, Robert Eugene was born on May 6, 1925 in Hildebran, North Carolina, United States. Son of Carl Vernon and Mary Belle (Lipe) Cline.
Bachelor of Science in Business, Davidson College, 1948.
Secretary, treasurer Southern Elastic Corporation, Hickory, North Carolina, 1958-1970, president, treasurer, 1970-1984, Cline Realty Company, Inc., Hickory, from 1952, J.A. Cline & Son, Inc., Hickory, from 1964. Chairman board First Security Company, Inc., from 1976. Board directors Bank of Granite, Granite Falls, North Carolina.
President Hickory Soup Kitchen, 1988, Lenoir-Rhyne College Development Board, Hickory, 1972, Greater Hickory United Fund, 1962. Served as sergeant United States Army Air Corps, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member Hickory Chamber of Commerce (president 1968).
Clubs: Lake Hickory Country (board directors), Hickory Cotillion (president). Lodges: Masons, Elks, Rotary (president Hickory club 1954).
Married Marion Long Gaither, August 22, 1953. Children: Mary Helen, Robert Eugene Junior.