Julian Kimbrel was the son of Millie Milbray Annice (Cook) Kimbrel and Jeremiah K. (Dink) Kimbrel.

Julian Kimbrel had two sisters and eleven brothers:

[1] Infant Son Kimbrel, 1874, 1874
[2] Leroy Kimbrel, 1879, 1952
[3] Infant son Kimbrel, 1879, 1879
[4] Infant son G.F. Kimbrel, 1882, 1882
[5] Gertude Kimbrel, 1884, 1977
[6] Luther Kimbrel, 1885, 1955
[7] Nancy Kimbrel, 1888, 1974
[8] John Kimbrel, 1891, 1957
[9] William Wright Kimbrel, 1893, 1976
[10] James Gary Kimbrel, 1894, 1947
[11] Eager K. Kimbrel, 1900, 1961
[12] Charles W. Kimbrel, 1901, 1943
[13] Perry Kimbrel, 1904, 1974

Julian Kimbrel was the husband of Dora Alma (Brown) Kimbrel.
Alma Brown Kimbrel and Julian Kimbrel had two children:

[1] Raymond C. Kimbrel.1918 - 1973
[2] Mildred (Kimbrel), Clines, Butt - 1926 - 1982

Julian Kimbrel and Dora Alma (Brown) Kimbrel Biography

Julian Kimbrel was Millie Milbria Annice (Cook) Kimbrel, and Jeremiah K. (Dink) Kimbrel’s eleventh child, but their eight-living child. Julian Kimbrel was born in Miller County, Georgia on March 26, 1897. William McKinley was our 25th. President when Julian was born. Julian Kimbrel and Dora Alma (Brown) Kimbrel were married on December 16, 1917 and their son Raymond Clarence was born on October 11, 1918 and their daughter Mildred was born on July 15, 1926. Mildred was only two months older than her first Cousin John Kimbrel’s oldest daughter Laverne and they grew up together and spent many happy days playing together either at Mildred’s house or Lavern’s house. Julian had built a store at the intersection of Georgia, Highway 91 and Avenue Road on the north side of Highway 91. The land was left to Julian by his father Jeremiah ‘Dink’ Kimbrel. Dora Alma ran the country store while Julian shopped for and bought livestock locally and resold the livestock at the stockyard in Albany, Georgia. Dora Alma also had a sewing machine at the store, and she made clothes for people for a fee. Julian also had a Grist Meal machine in a section back of the store that was partitioned off from the main section of the store. People would come from miles around bringing corn to be ground into meal, and Julian charged a portion of the corn as payment for grinding their corn. Then Julian would grind that corn and use it to sell in the store. The store had a nice porch across the front of the store and there were a lot of benches and chairs to sit in so people would come to the store and sit and stay for a while and it turned out to be peoples favorite gathering place on Sunday afternoons. In the days before modern conveniences people actually had time to visit and set and talk to each other. But the Julian and Dora Alma family started falling apart and Julian started to gradually sale his farm land until it was down to five acres and the house and store that they lived in which was in Dora Alma’s name and when they finally divorced Dora Alma sold the store and the land to Cleveland Cobb, and Dora Alma took both children, Raymond and Mildred and moved to the town of Colquitt, Georgia. After the divorce Julian lived wherever he could. He stayed at his sister’s Gertrude (Kimbrel) Chapman’s house some time and he was very helpful for his sister and he never drank while he was staying there. At other times he would spend several days at his brother John Kimbrel’s house. When he was at John’s house he often spoke up for Laverne and would tell his brother not to be so strict with Laverne. Again, when he was staying at John’s house he never drank. Julian finally moved into a house on Avenue Road near Roscoe Sheffield’s house and nothing would make him happier than when Raymond or Mildred would stop by to visit for a while. He really loved his children and they loved him. One evening when he had been out drinking and was on his way home on Highway 91 he pulled over to the side of the road and took a nap and his car was hit by another car and he died from injuries. Julian was a very likeable and fun-loving man when he was not drinking but he turned mean when he was drinking.

By: Laverne ‘Kimbrel’ Shaw, and Cousin Ralph Kimbrel 47951000