Kelly Raiford (Ray) Kinstley was born on December 14, 1934 in Union Church, Mississippi to Kelly Kinstley and Ruby Lee Martin. Ray moved to Houston as an infant as the family lost the Mississippi farm due to delinquent taxes. He attended Eastwood Elementary, Jackson Junior High and Stephen F Austin High School graduating in 1952. Ray attended South Texas Junior College for one year.
Ray worked for Hughes Tool, Reed Roller Bit, Missouri Pacific Railroad, Shell Chemical, Sinclair Koppers Chemical and finally Gulf Oil Chemicals at the Cedar Bayou Plant, which was later purchased by Chevron. Ray spent almost a year in Holland assisting in a plant start-up. Later, he was transferred to South Korea for 3 1/2 years to start-up and operate and ethylene plant. Ray returned home and operated an ethylene unit at Cedar Bayou for 15 years until retirement in 1992. He returned to work for Chevron for 4 years assisting in the expansion of the Port Arthur Ethylene Unit and in the design of a gasoline hydrotreater for Saudi Arabia.
Ray is a member of ST. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus, Council 3700. He was an avid gardener until back problems stopped that activity. Ray liked to watch cowboy western TV and movies, college football (especially the Texas Longhorns) and play Sudoku.
Ray married the love of his life Janette Lillye Caporina on April 29, 1955. They were blessed with two sons and one daughter. He was preceded in death by his parents, in-laws. John and Wilma Caporina, and one sister, Sylvia Trichell. Ray is survived by his wife of 67 years Janette, sons John Kelly, Michael Lynn(wife Kitty), and daughter Julie Kaye. He is also survived by grandsons, Colton Lynn Kinstley and wife Emily, Keaton Ray Kinstley and wife Martha, Collin Thomas Kinstley, and one great-grandson, Isaiah Michael Kinstley. He is survived by one sister-in-law, Felicia Humphries and many nieces and nephew.
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