RALPH JAYNES, 87, OF GRIFFITHSVILLE DIED MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1998 AT ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL, CHARLESTON, AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.
HE WAS A RETIRED OPERATOR FOR DUPONT WITH 30 YEARS OF SERVICE, HE WAS A BAPTIST MINISTER, A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF LINCOLN COUNTY, AND HE PASTORED SEVERAL AREA CHURCHES IN LINCOLN AND KANAWHA COUNTIES, THE LAST BEING BRIAR CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS: WIFE: ZULEMA DRAGOO JAYNES; 2 DAUGHTERS: LINDA JACOBS OF ORLANDO, FL; BRENDA DUNLAP OF TEAYS VALLEY, WV; 4 SISTERS: MARGARET JAYNES OF CHARESTON, WV; OWETA JAYNES OF CHARLESTON, WV; JO EMMA JAYNES OF CHARLESTON, WV; BETTY STEELE OF NEW ORLEANS, LA; 3 GRANDSONS: ADAM DUNLAP MARK JACOBS MICHAEL JACOBS 2 GREAT GRANDSONS: KELLY JACOBS BRIAN JACOBS.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT CURRY FUNERAL HOME, ALUM CREEK, ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1998 AT 11:00 AM WITH PASTOR DAVID BOWMAN AND PASTOR FOREST CURRY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE HELD ZN ORCHARD HILLS MEMORY GARDENS, YAWKEY. FRIENDS MAY CALL ON TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1998 FROM 7 TO 9 PM AT THE FUNERAL HOME.