Jennie Elizabeth PAYNE was born on December 29th, 1907 in Gaston,  North Carolina. She died on July 26, 1997 in Belmont, North Carolina.  She was the daughter of James Robert PAYNE and Eva Georgia BAXTER.

She married Howard Arthur TURNER, son of James Austin TURNER and Sudie Sarah HAMRICK, May25, 1940.

She later married William Hasel CRENSHAW.