Clifford O "Jay" Kinser, Jr., age 72, of Springfield, Mo., passed away at 3:15 p.m., Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 in St. Johns Hospital. He was born July 5, 1938 in Springfield, Mo., and was the son of Clifford Orville Sr. and Ethel Kinser. He was a 1956 graduate of Central High School where he met his lifelong love Billie Jean Ballard. He went on to recieve his Bachelors and Masters degree at SMS, where he was also a basketball player and still holds the record for free throws at McDonalds Arena. He then coached basketball at Nixa and Parkview High Schools and then became assistant coach under Bill Thomas for the SMS Bears. He was also the head coach for golf and tennis. Jay was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting, fishing, horses, bird dogs, and Cardinal baseball. He played second base for the Barnes fast pitch softball team during their championship years. Jay is survived by a son and his wife, Jay and Becky Kinser; a daughter and her companion, Teri Bartell and Michael Mills, all of Nixa; two borthers, Jim Reid, and Jerry Taylor and his wife Claudia; a sister, Patty and Charles Dunn, all Springfield; and five grandchildren, Graci Belle and Jayson Coley Kinser, and Jay Curtis, Tyler Lee and Brady Laine Bartell. Jay loved his family more that anything and followed his grandchildrens passions. He will be missed by everyone. Funeral services wil be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, February 9, 2011 in Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel with the Reverend Paul Swadley officiating, under the direcetion of Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Southwest Mo. Humane Society.