Roosevelt Drayton, Sr. was born in Jacksonville, Florida on January 6, 1931 to Pink and Louise Drayton. He confessed Christ at an early age uniting with Little Rock Baptist Church (1956). He attended Stanton High School and furthered his education at Walker's Business College as an engineer. He married Patricia Hope Drayton in Jacksonville, Florida on January 8, 2006.
Roosevelt departed this life on Sunday, December 4, 2022 and was preceded in death by his father: Pink Sr., mother: Louise Drayton, brothers: Sam Jones, Pink Jr., Floyd, Clarence Drayton, and sister, Marion Lambert.
He leaves to mourn his passing: wife, Patricia Hope Drayton; children: Synetta, Roosevelt Jr., Murvel (Shh-Whann), Sabrina Lampkin (Reginald) Sirdelrol Drayton, Pricilla Horace (James); stepchildren: Paula, Reginald, Darian Tarver (Cristia), Gloria Barnes, Vera Harris (Rev. James), Vivian Robinson (Frank), Dorothy Hall, Delores Richardson (Rollie) Joyce Streater; sisters-in-law: Irene (Terry) Prescott, Florida Brown, Marsha Smith; brother-in-law, Terry Miles; and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, relatives, and friends.