Mike Kinsey, age 80, of Russellville, died Thursday, June 29, 2023, at Stella Manor Nursing Home. He was born April 6, 1943, in Houston, Texas, to Lee Roy and Mary Velma Burrough Kinsey.

Mike was a member of First Baptist Church of Russellville. He graduated from University of Arkansas in 1964, and then New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1968. He married the love of his life, Winnie Ellen Wing, on November 26, 1965. He served in the ministry for 33 years in various churches in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas, then for another 15 years with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in East Asia.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Winnie Ellen Wing Kinsey.

He is survived by a daughter, Amy Billyard; a son and daughter-in-law, Brad and Amy Kinsey; a brother and sister-in-law, Pat and Carol Kinsey of Longview, Texas; six grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Kerrigan, Kimberly and Kurt Kinsey and Tanner (Treva), and Braxton Billyard.

The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, July 3, 2023, at the First Baptist Church in Russellville with the Rev. Mike Cloud officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville, under the direction of Shinn Funeral Service.

The family will receive friends from 1:30 p.m. until service time at the church.

Memorials may be made to the Lottie Moon Foreign Missions, in care of First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 36, Russellville, AR 72811.

Online guestbook and condolences available at www.shinnfuneral.com .