Born in Pennington Gap near the center of Lee County, Virginia, on April 21, 1926, to hardware store proprietor John Sevier Wampler and his schoolteacher wife, the former Lilian May Wolfe, the child nicknamed Bill Wampler attended the public schools in Bristol, Virginia.
Born in Pennington Gap, near the center of Lee County, Virginia, on April 21, 1926, to hardware store owner John Sevier Wampler and his schoolteacher wife, the former Lilian May Wolfe, who was nicknamed Bill Wampler, the child attended public schools in Bristol, Virginia.