Ronnie Jump

Frankfort –A celebration of the life of Ronnie Jump will be held at First Baptist Church, Saint Clair, on Friday, April 19, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. with Dr. Bob Browning officiating, assisted by Bro. William A. Carter. Burial will follow at Frankfort Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Harrod Brothers Funeral Home from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, 2019, and at First Baptist Church from 10:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. prior to the service on Friday. He passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019, at the age of 64. The son of John Frank Jump and Iris Laverne Smith Jump, he was born on November 6, 1954, in Owenton, Kentucky. Ronnie graduated from Owen County High School in 1974. At a young age of 10 years old, he started delivering groceries for Owenton Grocery, to help support his family and worked there until he joined the Kentucky State Government in 1978. After serving 30 years with the state government, he retired as the Department of Education Division Director of Administrative Services. Ronnie was the past president, performer, and producer for the Bluegrass Theatre Guild. He was a faithful member of First Baptist Church. Together, he and his sisters, Peggy and Joyce, catered for 25 years as Celebration Catering. Ronnie loved the beach, wintering at his Nest in Barefoot Bay, Florida. There, he cheered for every team with a Kentuckian on the roster in the Senior Men’s Softball League. He enjoyed NASCAR, University of Kentucky Basketball, playing cards, cooking, singing, and crocheting dish rags and afgans for family and friends. As a true Kentuckian, he had a love for thoroughbreds, both show and racing. Above all, his favorite times were spent being with or cheering on his kids and grandkids. He is survived by his wife, Sally Jump; children, Brandy Jump Mayes (Larry), Patrick Jump (Erin), Scott Hamrick (Suzan), Sara Garner, and David Hamrick; grandchildren, Mackenzie and Marissa Adcock, Mallory Mayes, Cooper, Parker, and Xavier Hamrick, Daniel Garner, and Trey and Miles Hamrick; siblings, Peggy Williams (Riggs), Johnny Bob (Debbie), Joyce Jump and Jeff Jump (Tina); twelve nieces and nephews, and many great nieces and nephews; and special friend, Hollis Rosenstein and Bandit, the rescue who rescued him. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Linda Patton, and nephews, Christopher Layne Hawkins and Chad Robert Jump. Serving as pallbearers will be Phillip Hawkins, Mike Hawkins, Mike Jump, John Howard, Jesse Jump, Stanley Patton, David Jump, and Jonathan Jump. Honorary pallbearers will be Ed Palko, Gene Wright, Wayne Cusick, Ralph Clark, Tommy Goins, Wayne Dunn, Bill Reinele, and Forrest Banta. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to the Markey Cancer Center or the First Baptist Church Frankfort Mission Clinic. Arrangements are under the direction of Harrod Brothers Funeral Home.

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Ronnie Jump

November 6, 1954 - April 13, 2019