Ernestine Payne Welborn was an active Lubbock Women’s Club member and community volunteer. In 1999, she established the Welborn-Payne Endowment Speaker Series for our Club. Her goal was to present educational, historical, and timely programs for the Lubbock community by hosting nationally-known speakers at a dinner program for the Lubbock Women’s Club Historical Foundation in our beautiful facilities. 

Since its inception, the Lubbock Women's Club Speaker Series has featured over twenty nationally-know speakers, including poet laureates, photographers, authors, performers, political figures, heroes, and heroines.