Vilas Lawerence PayneAge: 81 years1916–1998
- Name
- Vilas Lawerence Payne
- Given names
- Vilas Lawerence
- Surname
- Payne
 Birth | May 18, 1916 19 16 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a sister | Dorothy Viola Payne May 16, 1918 (Age 23 months) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 months)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 19 months)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a sister | Annie Ruth Payne August 10, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Luther Ransom Payne October 25, 1923 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Virginia Grace Payne March 6, 1926 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 13 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Birth of a sister | Imogene Ovanell Payne February 8, 1930 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Frank Dan Payne August 28, 1931 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Shirley Cline Payne October 28, 1933 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Claudean Payne January 30, 1936 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a sister | Dorothy Viola Payne October 24, 1943 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a father | Claude Donald Payne December 8, 1963 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eva Arzola Greene February 4, 1966 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Copna Horton Greene May 20, 1967 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a brother | Luther Ransom Payne May 31, 1994 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | March 11, 1998 (Age 81 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Claude Donald Payne Birth: April 21, 1897 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: December 8, 1963 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Eva Arzola Greene Birth: June 1, 1899 21 16 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: February 4, 1966 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| himself |
Vilas Lawerence Payne Birth: May 18, 1916 19 16 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 11, 1998 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Dorothy Viola Payne Birth: May 16, 1918 21 18 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 24, 1943 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Annie Ruth Payne Birth: August 10, 1920 23 21 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 12, 2007 — Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Luther Ransom Payne Birth: October 25, 1923 26 24 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 31, 1994 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Virginia Grace Payne Birth: March 6, 1926 28 26 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 17, 2012 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| brother |
Private |
| younger sister |
Imogene Ovanell Payne Birth: February 8, 1930 32 30 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: November 20, 2006 — Florence, South Carolina, United States |
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19 months younger brother |
Frank Dan Payne Birth: August 28, 1931 34 32 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 17, 2012 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Shirley Cline Payne Birth: October 28, 1933 36 34 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 24, 2000 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Claudean Payne Birth: January 30, 1936 38 36 — Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: July 3, 2004 — Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| sister |
Private |
| brother |
Private |