Barren-Green County KyArchives Obituaries.....Rayburn, Rev. James Wesley March 
5 1982
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Glasgow (KY) Republican, 11 March 1982, from files of the late Gladys Benedict 
Wilson.
Name: Rev James Wesley Rayburn 
Residence: Glasgow KY
Died: Friday, residence, age 91
Born: 22 Aug 1890 Green Co KY
Retired Methodist minister. Licensed to preach in the Methodist Church in 
1912. Became a circuit-riding pastor when he was appointed to the Russell 
Springs circuit in 1918. Admitted on trial into the Louisville Conference 
ministry in 1921 at Scottsville, he later was pastor of churches in 
Tompkinsville, Monticello, Greensburg, Louisville, Glasgow, Scottsville, 
Brandenburg and Hodgenville. From 1944-1948 he pastored the First Methodist 
Church in glasgow. After his official retirement, served as chaplain at the 
State Tuberculosis Hospital and also pastored at East Main and New Salem 
United Methodist Churches. Active in the First United Methodist Church as 
pastor emeritus.
Married to Clara Wisdom 8 Nov 1918 who preceded him in death in 1972.
Survivors:
Sons: Fred, Jesse, Louis, Frank and Wade Rayburn
Sister: Mrs Louetta Jones of Dawson Springs
Other survivors
Services: Monday, First United Methodist Church, burial in family cemetery in 
Pierce KY



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