Robert Alan Jeffries

Robert Alan Jeffries, 48, of Muncie, went home to be with the Lord Friday evening following an extended illness. He was born August 6, 1958 in Corydon, a son of Ben R. and Rebecca Faye (Ash) Jeffries. He graduated from Forest Park High School in Southern Indiana and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Religious Education in 1981 from God’s Bible School in Cincinnati. He was a pastor, teacher and cook but his greatest love was serving as a missionary to the American Indians. He was a missionary in New Mexico, taught school in Washington Courthouse, Ohio, pastored the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Kokomo, Ind. and was a cook at the Kokomo Rescue Mission. He pastored among the Sioux Indians in South Dakota on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. He was a teacher and a cook at the Montezuma Christian School. He and his wife were foster parents to several Indian children. He was a member of the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Muncie and had been a cook at the Old Country Buffet, Family Kitchen, and the 12th Street Café in Muncie. He also enjoyed reading and music. He is survived by his wife Lorena Mae (Davis) Jeffries whom he married on September 18, 1982; a son, Jason A. Jeffries of Muncie; two brothers, Benjamin R. Jeffries and Paul L. Jeffries; a foster sister, Marilee (husband: Jack) Atkins of Birdseye, Ind.; two foster brothers, Butch and Jim Lawrence; brothers and sisters-in-law, Judy (husband: Wes) Craker of Marion, OH, David (wife: Cindy) Davis of King’s Mountain, N. C., Margie (husband: John) McClure of Calvin, PA, Tom (wife: Debbie) Davis of Lexington, N.C., Debbie (husband: David) Bennett of Apple Creek, OH, John (wife: Audrey) Davis of Venezuela and Sam (wife: Brenda) Davis of Lewisburg, OH and several nieces and nephews; He was preceded in death by his loving foster parents, Ivan and Lucille Lawrence; a foster brother, Donald Lawrence; two brothers-in-law, Robert and Danny Davis; and his in-laws, Herman L. and LaVina Louise Davis. Services will be 7:00 p.m. Monday at the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Muncie, 2720 Apache Pass, with Pastor Stephen G. Clemens and Rev. James A. Southerland Sr. officiating. A committal service will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Daleville. Friends may call from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Monday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Pilgrim Holiness Benevolence Fund with envelopes available at the church. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Sproles Family Funeral Home in New Castle. You may send a personal condolence to the family at www.sprolesfamilycares.com

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Robert Alan Jeffries

August 6, 1958 - July 27, 2007