Jack Baynham

Jack Howe Baynham, 76, of Gladstone, Mo., died Thursday, Sept. 5, 2002, at North Kansas City Hospital.

He was born June 4, 1926, in Cape Girardeau. He and Bettye Dale Harden were married May 9, 1953, in Rolla, Mo.

He worked for the United States Geological Survey and in 1957 was a co-founder/ owner of M.J. Harden Associates, before retiring in 1985. He was a graduate of Central High School in Cape Girardeau and the University of Notre Dame. In 1999, he was inducted into the Central High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

Survivors include his wife; one son, Tim Baynham of Shawnee, Kan.; two daughters, Diana Audley of Atlanta, Ga., and Tami Ball of Liberty, Mo.; two sisters, Bette Savage of Fort Worth, Texas, and Joanne Souders of Lathrop, Mo.; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at McGilley Antioch Chapel of Kansas City from 12 to 1 p.m. Monday.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. at the chapel, with burial in Mount Moriah Terrace Park Cemetery.