Barbara was born and reared in Evanston, Illinois. Before 7th & 8th grades, she bowled with the girl scouts, having as her first game a 55! In high school she participated in bowling through her physical education companions, bowling after school hours.
Barbara met Walt while working for A. C. Nielson Co. and they married , 29 years ago, and are the parents of two children – Mike & Cheryl.
Barbara bowled for the A. C. Nielson Co. team while in the Chicago area. Shortly after marriage she and Walt moved to Greenville and how fortunate for us all that they chose this area in November 1965!
She began bowling in 1966 in Greenville mixed leagues and the very next year began the league season as secretary of the “Carolina Queens” league and the “Monday Mourners”.
Only two years after coming to the Greenville area (1967), she became a director on the Greenville WBA; the secretary in 1969 for approximately 4-6 years; was elected a life member of the Greenville WBA; returned to be the treasurer for 5 years and was re-elected secretary and has been in this position for a total of 14 years!
Barbara has been a member of the SCWBA for 28 years. She has participated in 26 SCWBA Tournaments and has been a state handicap champion, scratch team champion (twice); doubles scratch and all events scratch champion.
She competed in her first SCWBA Senior Tournament this past year, bowling with Lou Brooks of Columbia.
In Greenville, she has bowled in 25 local tournaments, 3 mixed locals and 2 senior local tournaments. Barbara has won scratch all events; team champion in the first GGBA/GWBA mixed city tournament. In the Greenville WBA 55 and over tournament (bowled January 1994) she won, in her division, doubles (scratch & handicap), singles (scratch & handicap) and all events (scratch & handicap).
Barbara has placed second in the 225 Masters; won southeastern all events scratch and southeastern team champion. She has bowled in the S. C. 600 tournament and has served as a director of that organization.
She has won 17 league championships; bowled in 7 WIBC tournaments and 1 Queens Tournament.
Barbara organized and has been secretary/treasurer of the ladies match point doubles since 1981. She organized and has been the secretary/treasurer of the Joytime Ladies League since 1986.
Barbara became a member of the S. C. Women’s Bowling Association Board of Directors 18 years ago. She has served as a director for 14 years and has been serving in the position of 4th Vice President for the past 4 years.
Barbara has been the chairman of the SCWBA Ways & Means committee for 12 years. She has assumed the responsibility of collating all ads for the tournament program book for each of these years and doesn’t hesitate to accept this position year after year.
While serving on the SCWBA Board of Directors, Barbara has also been on the championship tournament committee; senior tournament committee; chaired the administrative manual committee for 3 years; Hall of Fame, 3 years; the nominating, legislative, 25th Anniversary, Finance & Budget, Joint Jamboree, and liaison to the credentials committee.
Barbara still found the time to attend the WIBC State Leaders workship twice; attend the Kaleidoscope workshop and go to three WIBC Leadership Training seminars!!!!
Barbara has been honored by her local association by being elected to the Greenville WBA Hall of Fame.
Barbara has spent much of her past 29 years combining her duties as wife and mother as well as her efforts to promote and expand the sport of bowling as an officer and an avid participant. She has time, even with all of the above, to care for and love her two special friends of the cat world “Casper” and “T.J.”.
We now welcome Barbara as a very valued member of the SCWBA Hall of Fame!
Obituary – Died August 24, 2005
Barbara Payment
Greenville
Barbara Ann Zillmann Payment, 67, of 107 Bexhill Court, died Thursday August 24, 2005.
Born in Evanston, Ill., she was the daughter of the late Emil R. and Daisey Greenlund Zillmann.
Mrs. Payment was a life member of the Greenville Women’s Bowling Association, where she previously served as director, secretary and treasurer, and was a member of the local Hall of Fame. She was third vice president of the S.C. Women’s Bowling Association and was a member of the state Hall of Fame.
Surviving are her husband, Walter R. Payment of the home, a daughter Cheryl P. Hall, and her husband, Joseph, of Easley; a son, Michael J. Payment, and his wife, Andrea, of Easley; a grandson, Jacob Payment of Easley; a niece, Barbara Z. Park, her husband, Edward and daughter, Jaimee, of Norgross, GA.; and a nephew, Eric R. Zillmann, his wife, Shelly, and children, Erin and Ryan, of Northbrook, Ill.
Visitation will be held Saturday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest.
Memorials may be made to Cancer Center of the Carolinas, 3 Butternut Drive, Suite B, Greenville, SC 29605, or to Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, SC 29621.
The family is at the residence.
Online condolences may be made at www.thomasmcafee.com
Published in The Greenville News: 08-26-2005
