 Birth | August 10, 1920 23 21 |
 Birth of a brother | Luther Ransom Payne October 25, 1923 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Virginia Grace Payne March 6, 1926 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 9 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 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Frank Dan Payne August 28, 1931 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Shirley Cline Payne October 28, 1933 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Claudean Payne January 30, 1936 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a sister | Dorothy Viola Payne October 24, 1943 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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 29 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 43 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eva Arzola Greene February 4, 1966 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Copna Horton Greene May 20, 1967 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | Vilas Lawerence Payne March 11, 1998 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a sister | Shirley Cline Payne September 24, 2000 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a sister | Claudean Payne July 3, 2004 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a sister | Imogene Ovanell Payne November 20, 2006 (Age 86 years) |
 Death | May 12, 2007 (Age 86 years) |