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Joseph A. Payne, CPPB

Certified Professional Public Buyer
The Universal Public Purchasing Certification Council (UPPCC) Examinations measure professional competence and the understanding of the body of knowledge surrounding public procurement. Certification is a voluntary action by a professional group to establish a system to grant recognition to professionals who have met a stated level of training and work experience.

Follow the Golden Rule - Tell No Lies - Follow the Instructions of all Legal Documents, such as Wills and Contracts, marital and otherwise

My last job with Commercial Furniture Group, Inc. involved purchasing - after giving a notice to resign I was asked to stay and help with cyclic counting and inventory in a large warehouse that had been given notice by the Securities and Exchange Commission had caused most of the problems with the companies Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

  • The Tucson Payne Family has a new member. Alisa Payne Neave has a new son, born on Mother's Day 2007. Sean Javier Neave
  • Alisa and Arnold take the gang to WHITE MOUNTAINS - 2008
  • Cousin Joe Chumley (alias CHUMLEY or REPO JOE) Retires from GMAC, October 2008
  • October 2008 History Weekend at Cumberland Gap National Park
  • A weekend ride on the NEW RIVER SCENIC RAILWAY.


    • Marine Ret.M.Gy.Sgt. "Spanky" Feest

    November 10


    Niece Brandy Robinson Previewed Artist on CD

    Some Payne Family Reunions

    1993 Greensboro,NC - Reunion

    1996 Jonesboro, TN - Reunion
    1. Payne Scrapbook more Payne Family Pictures
      Family pictures from 1955. Plainview, Texas St. Augustine, Florida More family pictures taken in 1964 with my brother Robert T. (Phil) Payne's family.
    2. Joe Phillips Heirs Who Need to know where their mineral rights are can click on this link E/2 of Section 15, Block C2, TTRR Co. Survey, Hale County, Texas, Midland District
    3. My brother George Edward Payne who passed away August 16, 2000 had a long career in Law Enforcement. Some of his early life can be found among the following pictures, newspaper articles and letters. I hope anyone who knew him could remember him as a dedicated son, father and employee and will contact me should they have anything they would like to say regarding my remembrances of him.
      Some articles and pictures from Scrapbook I kept. His 1971-1972 Employee Evaluation, Diplomatic Security overseas operation. During the evacuation of the American Cambodian Embassy in 1975.
      My brother was in the Army - stationed in Germany on his way to Korea when he took and passed a test to return to West Point. Here are pictures of his time in Germany - Also a picture of the General's plane that flew him back to the States from Germany.
      George and family travel to his first hardship assignment Karachi, Pakistan in 1962
      My sister Betsy and I visited my brother while he was stationed in Bonn, Germany in 1969.
    4. Phillips and Stone Scrapbook
    5. Livesay Scrapbook
    6. Fall 1992 in Washington D.C.
    7. The same trip to Washington in 1992 but more pictures up Blue Ridge with brother Eddie and Outer Banks
    8. My 40th Birthday Party was November 9, 1991 and celebrated by friends watching the Notre Dame and Tennessee Football "Miracle in South Bend" Game.
    9. An interview that I filmed in 1996 on a visit to Huntsville, Tennessee with my brother Eddie and my mother to Paul Phillips house. Irene S. Baker was also at the house that day.
    10. Mother, Brother, Sister, Uncles, Aunts and Friends
    11. My mothers 80th Birthday Party December 1992 at Hyatt Regency Knoxville, TN.
    12. Meet Amy Rinker my wife. Amy's brothers and family Christmas pictures for the year 2005.
    13. Before we were married Amy and I took a trip to visit with her brother Tony Rinker in Washington D.C. Here are our 2002 HOME MOVIES of that trip.
    14. My experience working in the 1984 Olympics My brother Robert T. (Phil) Payne experiences the 1989 Northridge Earthquake in California.
    15. Parents 50th Wedding Anniversary
    16. That first big Irish Wedding of Sister Betsy
    17. Three More Payne Weddings
    18. Niece Alisa and her husband Arnold Neave
    19. Nephew Bruce Payne is on tour in Iraq with his Army Reserve Unit. We all wish him well and hope he comes home soon.
    20. Great Nephew Christian Neave with Grandmother, mother and father
      2006 pictures of Christian Neave, Tucson, Arizona.
    21. MORE 2006 Pictures of Alisa, Arnold and Christian Neave and Natalie and Samantha Rinker
    22. Cousin Dr. Cheryl Lynn Gladney daughter of Millie Bumgardner Gladney and the late Gail Gladney, works in Jackson, Mississippi at Premier Medical Group.
    23. Larry Stanifer, Mary Bryan "Cissy" Payne Stanifer's husband has been appointed as CEO of Rural Medical Services, Inc.
    24. U.S. Passport Office 1972-1973
    25. I miss my 1972 Mustang Coupe and would love to buy another. If you know where I can find one email me.
    26. I also miss my 1967 Triumph GT-6. This car was given to me by a wrecker yard back about 1978 and I finally rebuilt it about 1998. I sold it just a few months after I took these pictures. A man from Maine drove all the way to Knoxville and loaded it on the back of a truck.
    1. Tree Farm - Eagle Landing
    2. 1955 Eagle Landing - Lower Caney Valley

    Assistant Scout Master Troop 509


    Animated Underwater
    Crystal River and King Springs, Florida diving with the Manatee
    Jamacia, Ocho Rios
    1996 Grand Cayman Island
    Freeport Grand Bahamas
    Cozumel Mexico, Splash
    Whitewater Rafting
    Hiking
    Snow Skiing
    1. Chirsty Robinson Bortel sent us a beautiful 2005 Christmas card via email. Christy is the daughter of Dr. Stephen Payne Robinson who was tragically killed in a private plane crash in 1980. Please visit this link for Christy's Lafayette G. Payne heritage. Christy has a new baby.CLICK ON PICTURE to see 14 pictures. September 2006
    2. Cousin Judith Watts Breckenridge and Family shared a beautiful family portrait with Amy and myself celebrating Christmas 2005. Judy's mother Katherine Ault Watts was the grandaughter of Byrd Maynard Payne . Judy and Rufus's daughter Caroline recently won Scott's Common Sense Challenge.
    3. At a 2007 Great Payne Family Reunion in Lone Mountain I had a chance to meet another up and coming Payne relative. David Hudgins is a Producer/Writer/Director of several NBC TV Series movies. One is the series Friday Night Lights.
    4. Another cousin Amy Payne Potts, Aiken, South Carolina has a business that makes "Very Special Christmas Ornaments" called dough-si-dough . You have to visit her web site to appreciate all the hard work she has put into her creations. Amy's father, Roger Payne, was the son of Byrd Maynard Payne of Lone Mountain, Tennessee.
    5. Brother George and family Christmas 1975.
    6. A few video clips from my mother, Betty Phillips Payne's memorial service in May 1999.
    7. While working for a Securities licensing firm in 1998 I traveled to San Diego, California for their Annual Conference. Visited Mission Bay, La Jolla and Los Angles.
    8. Recommended Reading especially for all Byrd Maynard Payne descendants. Betsy Rose Taylor, grand-daughter of Byrd Maynard Payne descendants. Follow Betsy's lineage of Byrd M. Payne and Sally A.M. Jennings.
    9. Charles Thomas McLaughlin, 75, of Franklin, North Carolina, passed away on Sunday, May 21, 2006.
    10. Uncle Lafayette G. Payne, Jr.'s Memorial Service in Chatanooga, Tennessee. June 2005.
    11. Brother-in-law Steve Rinker named manager of environmental operations New York Environmental Technologies Inc.
    12. Great Nephew Anthony Payne and date Jessica
    13. Tribute to Allison Carrie Reep, Great Niece killed June 2005. She was a member of the Kappa Delta Soroity. Allison's obituary.
    14. Niece Brandy Nicloe Robinson's websiteGuitarmamarecords.com and a new cousin Shanna Maria and how she is related.
    15. Jim Chumley's daugther Beth Gomez has a Yahoo Blog Site. Jim's mother is Peggy Payne Chumley, daughter of Bertha and the late Clarence Payne. Some pictures and a video of Bertha Payne's 100th birthday celebration.
    16. Jeremy McCutcheon and Erin Chumley were married May 31, 2008 in Gainesville, Florida.
    17. The Blackstocks Christmas 2005. Betsy, Rick and Celeste.
    18. Pictures of our recent trip to Bar Harbor, Maine Preview, whale watching, Bi-Plane ride over Desert Island (I flew the plane), 3 1/2 pound lobsters, and carriage ride through the park
    19. House Pictures HALLOWEEN 2006


    Where we spend a lot of our summer and fall time. This is our Camper on the Lake
    smoky
    Smoky when he was young.  More pictures later.