Mr. Leslie Kenneth Kinney

Mr. Leslie Kenneth Kinney, age 85, passed away Friday, June 2, 2023, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Services will be held Saturday, June 10, 2023, at Plains Baptist Church in Plains GA, with Visitation starting at 10:00 am followed by a Memorial service at 11:00 am with Dr. Buck Kinney officiating. Les Kinney was born on April 15, 1938, to Lowery Buck Darby and Floyce Davis Griffin and was later adopted by his stepfather James Kinney. He married the love of his life, Martha Zayne, on April 7, 1956, and they relocated to Kansas, where he served in the Air Force as a Staff Sargeant and Chief of a Strategic Air Command bomber loading crew from 1955-1959. While still in Kansas, they had their first of four children. With his love for cars, Les soon began drag racing which turned into a successful 40-year competitive racing career alongside other careers. He was a highly decorated and record-holding driver who was inducted into the SDRA Hall of Fame in September 2020. These were the first of many...