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

William Wright 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] James Gary Kimbrel, 1894, 1947
[10] Julian Kimbrel, 1897, 1951
[11] Eager K. Kimbrel, 1900, 1961
[12] Charles W. Kimbrel, 1901, 1943
[13] Perry Kimbrel, 1904, 1974

William Wright Kimbrel was the husband of Ruth (Parrot) Kimbrel.
Ruth (Parrot) Kimbrel and William Wright Kimbrel had one adopted son:
[1] Thomas Kimbrel - Living

Biography provided by Ralph Kimbrel, 47951000.

Florida Death Index & SSDI
Name: William Wright Kimbrel
Birth: 17 Mar 1893
Death: 22 Mar 1976 - Alachua, Florida
Residence: Palatka, Putnam, Florida

William Wright Kimbrel and Ruth (Parrot) Kimbrel Biography

William Wright Kimbrel was Millie Milbria Annice (Cook) Kimbrel, and Jeremiah K. (Dink) Kimbrel’s ninth child but sixth living child. William Wright Kimbrel was born in Miller County, Georgia on March 17, 1893. Stephen Grover Cleveland was our 24st. President when William Wright was born. Before Wright met and married Ruth Parrot, he lived on his farm in Miller County Georgia and when he was not working in the field, he was a very well-groomed at all times. He was never out of the house without a coat and tie. Once a good lady friend of Wright’s sister Trudy Kimbrel came to visit Trudy for a week, because Wright was dating her younger sister he kept a tub of wash water and his suit and tie in the barn crib and he would plow until dinner time, put his mule in the barn to eat. Then he would wash up with the water in the tub, put on his suit and tie and go in to eat with Trudy and her friend, then he would change back into his work clothes and continue plowing all afternoon and then wash up and dress up out at the barn crib and come to the house. He said that he was respectful of his lady friend. Once after Wright had met Ruth Parrot and they had married, Wright’s younger brother Eager went down to Florida to visit Wright and Ruth and Wright brought Eager a coat and tie and told him not to go out of the house without a coat and tie on, he told Eager that he did not want his neighbors to see him without a coat and tie.
Wright’s wife, Ruth was just as neat as Wright was and she was a very pretty lady and well taken care of by Wright. He always treated her like the queen that she was. They both loved Miller County and were always coming back to the family funerals. The only time that anyone saw Wright shed a tear at a funeral was when his brother John died. John and Wright were very close in age and they both loved their family unit.
During the flu epidemic in Jacksonville, Florida where Wright and Ruth Kimbrel lived, and Wright worked. Ruth and Wright Kimbrel were both affected by the flu epidemic and so many people had already died there that the city had run out of coffins and the bodies of the people had to be placed in cold storage until they could get more coffins to either burry them or ship them out to other cemeteries. Ruth’s mother, Mrs. Hattie Parrott ask John Kimbrel to go with her down to her daughter’s house so that she could take care of them. John and Mrs. Hattie took a train from Colquitt Georgia to Jacksonville Florida and stayed with Wright and Ruth Kimbrel until they were both well. After they were well enough Wright quit his job in Jacksonville and moved back to Colquitt Georgia and opened a grocery store. Ruth was active in some of the Colquitt ladies’ groups while they were living in Colquitt. This was during the depression years and things got so bad that Wright and Ruth closed the Grocery store and moved in with John Kimbrel’s family and lived in John’s house while Wright looked for a job. John’s farmhouse only had five rooms and things were tight. Sometimes Wright would leave and be gone to Florida for several days while looking for work down there to make a living and they lived with John’s family about all winter. He finally found a job in Palatka Florida and they moved there to live. Wright was really afraid of the hurricanes and tropical storms that would hit that part of Florida and he and Ruth would leave Florida and drive to Colquitt until the storm had past. Wright eventually opened a successful business in Palatka Florida, and they lived there until their death. Their son Thomas Kimbrel and his family still live in the Jacksonville Florida area.

By: Laverne ‘Kimbrel’ Shaw and Ralph Kimbrel 47951000