Robert Mitchell Jaye was born in 1932 in Bay Minette, Alabama, to James and Grace McLain Jaye. Jaye graduated from William Carey College and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He served in the United States Navy and held pastorates in Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri, and Georgia. Jaye served as pastor of First Baptist Church in DeFuniak Springs from 1973 until 1982 and Shalimar Baptist Church in 1987. After the death of his first wife, Lunell Duck, he married Janet Brannon. Jaye and Lunell had three children.
Source: Florida Baptist Historical Society
Burial: Durant Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Crossroads, Alabama