Background
Sr., William Clark Payne, was born on January 31, 1929 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Perrell Franklin and Lena Alta (Snyder) P.
Sr., William Clark Payne, was born on January 31, 1929 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Perrell Franklin and Lena Alta (Snyder) P.
Graduated from the high school, Siler City, North Carolina.
Billing, over, short and damaged division clerk, Thurston Motor Lines, Inc., Greensboro, 1950-1954; office and branch manager, Pilot Brokerage Company, Inc., Kernersville, North Carolina, 1954-1962; personnel counselor, Snelling and Snelling, Inc., Greensboro, 1962-1963; purchasing agent, Arrow Construction Equipment Company, Greensboro, 1963-1964; insurance salesman, American National Insurance Company, Greensboro, 1964-1965; personnel counselor, Employers Preferred Personnel, Greensboro, 1965-1967, 70-71; personnel director, Jewel Box Stores Corporation, Greensboro, 1967-1970; sales representative, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1971-1973; director personnel-safety, Pine Hall Brick & Pipe Company, Madison, North Carolina, 1973-1988; safety director, assistant to president, Yates Construction Company, Inc., Stokesdale, North Carolina, 1989-1991; representative, Medi-Alert Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Providence, 1991; retired, 1992.
Served to sergeant United States Marine Corps, 1952-1954. Member Personnel Association Greensboro Area (secretary 1984), Western Rockingham Personnel Association (president 1990), Masons.
Married Ella M. McIver, 1951. Children: William C. Junior, Stephen McIver, Susan Jean.