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Waco Tribune Herald
Waco, Texas
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Page 2-B
James Kimball
July 22, 1928 - August 20, 2010
Jim Kimball, 82, of China Spring, passed away suddenly Friday, August 20, 2010, at his residence. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, August 23, at Lake Shore Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Michael Copeland and the Rev. Joe Miller officiating. Burial will follow at China Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, August 22, at Lake Shore Funeral Home, 5201 Steinbeck Bend in Waco.
James David Kimball was born July 22, 1928, to Oscar Emmitt and Robbie L. Kimball in Bosqueville, Texas. At the age of fifteen and with his father's permission, he joined the Merchant Marines. After his sixteenth birthday, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served aboard on the USS Chikaskia. On April 30, 1948, he married the love of his life, Bobbie J. Stone. Jim spent most of his adult life working as a carpenter and builder beginning at Nash Robinson Lumber Company before going into partnership to form the Aaron Kimball Lumber Company. Jim retired from the lumber business but kept busy puttering in his barn. He enjoyed golf, playing dominoes with his friends, and restoring old tractors. He was a member of First Baptist Church of China Spring. He helped organize the China Spring Volunteer Fire Department and served as the department's first Fire Chief. He served as a board member for China Spring School I.S.D. for many years and was a lifetime member of ASA Softball Association. Jim's greatest treasures in life were his daughters, granddaughters, and his 13 great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Robert and William; sisters, Georgia, Geneva, and Edith; and parents in-law, Toss and Addie Stone.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Bobbie Kimball; daughters, Lynn McClelland and husband, Jim, and Jeannie Maus: granddaughters, Marti and Robert Greenly, Kelli and Robbie Kennemer, Kerry and Isaac Ortiz, Robbie Maus, and Tara Maus. He is also survived by his brothers and sisters by marriage and many nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Robert Greenly, Nicholas Greenly, Floyd Dekle, Stewart Scott, Kenneth Kimball, Mike Kimball, Pat Kimball and Ken Schroeder. Honorary pallbearers will be Don Stone, Wilburn Winkelman, Kenneth Kerr, Troy Helleson, Jack Aaron, his great-grandchildren, and members of the Tuesday morning men's prayer group.
Memorials may be made to China Spring Volunteer Fire Department, First Baptist Church of China Spring Building Fund, or China Spring Cemetery Association.
Waco, Texas
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Page 2-B
James Kimball
July 22, 1928 - August 20, 2010
Jim Kimball, 82, of China Spring, passed away suddenly Friday, August 20, 2010, at his residence. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, August 23, at Lake Shore Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Michael Copeland and the Rev. Joe Miller officiating. Burial will follow at China Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, August 22, at Lake Shore Funeral Home, 5201 Steinbeck Bend in Waco.
James David Kimball was born July 22, 1928, to Oscar Emmitt and Robbie L. Kimball in Bosqueville, Texas. At the age of fifteen and with his father's permission, he joined the Merchant Marines. After his sixteenth birthday, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served aboard on the USS Chikaskia. On April 30, 1948, he married the love of his life, Bobbie J. Stone. Jim spent most of his adult life working as a carpenter and builder beginning at Nash Robinson Lumber Company before going into partnership to form the Aaron Kimball Lumber Company. Jim retired from the lumber business but kept busy puttering in his barn. He enjoyed golf, playing dominoes with his friends, and restoring old tractors. He was a member of First Baptist Church of China Spring. He helped organize the China Spring Volunteer Fire Department and served as the department's first Fire Chief. He served as a board member for China Spring School I.S.D. for many years and was a lifetime member of ASA Softball Association. Jim's greatest treasures in life were his daughters, granddaughters, and his 13 great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Robert and William; sisters, Georgia, Geneva, and Edith; and parents in-law, Toss and Addie Stone.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Bobbie Kimball; daughters, Lynn McClelland and husband, Jim, and Jeannie Maus: granddaughters, Marti and Robert Greenly, Kelli and Robbie Kennemer, Kerry and Isaac Ortiz, Robbie Maus, and Tara Maus. He is also survived by his brothers and sisters by marriage and many nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Robert Greenly, Nicholas Greenly, Floyd Dekle, Stewart Scott, Kenneth Kimball, Mike Kimball, Pat Kimball and Ken Schroeder. Honorary pallbearers will be Don Stone, Wilburn Winkelman, Kenneth Kerr, Troy Helleson, Jack Aaron, his great-grandchildren, and members of the Tuesday morning men's prayer group.
Memorials may be made to China Spring Volunteer Fire Department, First Baptist Church of China Spring Building Fund, or China Spring Cemetery Association.