Pearl "P.J." Haynes Jr.

Pearl James "P.J." Haynes, Jr., age 65, owner and operator of P.J.'s Appliance and property manager, died Wednesday, September 21, 2022. He was born on December 18, 1956 in Wichita, Kansas the son of Pearl James Sr. and Kay (Jones) Haynes.

P.J. graduated in 1975 from Goddard High School. After graduation he started work at Otasco for 20 years, working his way up to manager. In 1980 P.J. married Melinda "Mindy". He managed several other business and soon took over his father's business, P.J. Appliance and maintained his parents rental properties.

He had many hobbies including water skiing, boating, and spending time with family at Cheney Lake. On the calmest days he would take out the Jet Boat and race around the lake. He was a member of Odd Fellows Lodge 265, loved collecting valuables such as antiques, and motorcycles. He loved watching the boys jet ski races, but hated fixing the jet skis, which he had to do quite a bit. He also loved watching his grandkids participate in the sports and activities. His best days were spent with family.

P.J. is preceded in death by his father, P.J. Haynes, Sr.; son, Corey James Haynes and daughter, Celena Kay Haynes.

Survivors include his wife, Mindy Haynes; sons, Chad "Aron" and wife, Angie Haynes, Pearl James "Jake" Haynes IV; mother, Kay Haynes; grandchildren, Cooper Haynes, Morgan Haynes, Ashlyn Haynes, Caiden Haynes, Abby Haynes, Iliana Pearl Haynes; sister, Catherine Kay and husband, Mike Melcher; nephew, Jason and wife, Trish Loper.

Celebration of Life service will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 30 at Resthaven Mortuary, 11800 W. Highway 54, Wichita.

Well Hello everyone, my name is Aron Haynes (Chad) or if you’re doing an audit or you’re a troubled neighbor wanting to know why I go by Alexis. I ask that if I start to cry today please clap, laugh and/or smile! That will help me make it through this time and that’s what my dad would want. If you close your eyes you will hear his ornery laugh. First of all, Thank you for coming to celebrate a day that no one ever wants to prepare for… including my dad!

Not only did he try to leave my family with his and other people’s shit, he left me with everything that I tried to throw away over the years. He would often try to give back said things every year at Christmas, birthdays and etc.

My Dad, my daddy, my mom’s only husband. He was a son, a dad, a papa and a brother who had a sister. He made 4 kids! So that’s why I made 5. Everyone who knew PJ will never forget him. The memories my dad made and the stories that will never be forgotten. These stories are something that most people will never get the chance to witness.

Most kids will never ever have the chance to learn and experience the things that my dad taught me and made me who I am today. The only thing I’m sorry for is that in reality I will never be able to fill this man’s shoes and teach my kids the things he helped me learn that made me who I am!

As we move into a world that is different than most people here grew up in, it’s scary. And it’s going to be different from here and into the future! Just like every decade things change. Hopefully someday, someone makes it beautiful again. So beautiful, so special, so big!!

Without my dad and without my mom’s past and current help now into the future today it would not be possible for today!

So let me pray!! Pearl, PJ, Daddy, Dad, Jay, Pappa or “thy brother” as Cathy would say! And to the games that Mike, Rich, Steve and others would play and brothers like Johnny V, Mike Roy, Chuck, Downey, Jimmy, Larry, Larry Elder, Warren, Dave, Kenny, Gary, Dan, Rusty, Charlene, Kikie and many more I could continue to say, but I can’t, because we have to leave this place as of now and because my dad would say let’s go make a story that only a Haynes family member could make. No one will ever, ever be able to duplicate a Haynes story.

We love P.J.