James "Ray Ray" Kinison

Funeral services for James "Ray Ray" Kinison, of Winnsboro, will be 3:00PM Saturday, August 2, 2025, at Apostolic Faith Chapel in Gilbert with Bro. James Harris, Bro. Clay Nichols, Bro. Evan McMurray, Bro. Billy Martin, officiating. Interment will follow at Jigger Garden of Memories Cemetery under the direction of Young's Community Memorial Winnsboro. Visitation will be from 1:00PM until time of service Saturday at the church.

Ray Ray was born February 15, 2020, in Monroe, LA and passed from this life on July 28, 2025, in Baton Rouge, LA at the age of 5. He was a member of Chase Apostolic Christian Church and Apostolic Faith Chapel where he loved to participate in the children's ministry and anything he could possibly be a part of. He loved to go to church, or as he would call it, he loved to go to "Jesus' Name", where he also loved to get up and sing for everyone. He was happy, loving, and was full of energy, always running and playing. He enjoyed playing with his sister and his friends, riding his bike, and just being a kid. "Ray Ray" never met a stranger, was loved by everyone, and was always ready to give lots of love back to all. He was a miracle sent from Heaven, he brought life to those around him, and he brought an abundance of love and joy everywhere he went.

He is preceded in death by paternal grandparents, Georgia Reynolds Hodge and Kenneth Ray Kinison; maternal grandmother, Sandra "Sandy" Harris Lee; paternal great-grandparents, Ernest and Francis Reynolds, Robert Kinison and Geneva Ellerbe; maternal great-grandparents, James and Mildred Blondell Lee, and Rev. Virgil "Bo" Harris; his great-uncles, Edmond Neal Lee, William Hodge, and Rev. Curtis Harris; and his cousins, Serinitee Cato and Marcus Harris.

Those left to cherish his memory include his parents, Eric Ray and Jessica Lee Kinison of Winnsboro; one sister, Callie Mae Kinison of Winnsboro; paternal grandfather, Jimmy Hodge of Gilbert; maternal grandfather, James "Jimmy" Lee of Winnsboro; maternal great-grandmother, Wilma L. Harris of Jigger; aunts and uncles, Angie Hudson and husband, Dee of Grayson, Samuel Nielsen and wife, Michelle of Gilbert, Tabitha Canady and husband, Todd of Crowville, and Cristy Lee Temple and husband, Lonnie of Winnsboro; his cousins, "Aunt" Victoria Jones and husband, Hunter, and Evelyn "Evie" Jones, all of Winnsboro; also survived by a host of extended family, church family and friends.

Pallbearers will be Samuel Nielsen, Hunter Jones, Jarvis Bell and Aaron Harris. Honorary pallbearers will be Justin Evans and Eugene "Bit" Reynolds.

The family would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude for their loving care and concern to our special neighbors, Linda Anderson and LaPorsha Blunt, Pastor Uncle Billy and Aunt Kathy Martin, Uncle "E" Evan and KayKay McMurray, Uncle James and Aunt Debbie Harris, Papa Chad and Nona Gail Lee, and Sissy Kaydelynn Lee. We would also like to acknowledge and extend our utmost appreciation to the Officers of Winnsboro Police Department, Franklin Parish Sheriff's Department, Northeast Louisiana Ambulance, the Doctors and Staff of Franklin Medical Center and Our Lady of the Lakes Children's Hospital in Baton