Born: December 8, 1910, Elkhurst, West Virginia.
Died: November 12, 2006, Charleston, West Virginia.
Buried: Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, Cross Lanes, West Virginia.
Cline was the husband of Imogene Cavender.
In World War II, he was a chief petty officer in the Navy. While stationed in Panama, he taught a music school with the help of a Spanish interpreter.
For 25 years, he owned the Cline Music Company in Charleston, West Virginia.