Funeral services for Mary Louise Kimble will be on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints (Red Star Ward) in Brookhaven, MS at 12:00 PM with burial to follow in the Red Star Church Cemetery in Brookhaven, MS. Bishop Bruce Britt will be officiating the services with Brookhaven Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be at Red Star Ward on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, from 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM.
Mrs. Kimble, 99, of Brookhaven, MS, passed from this life on Sunday, October 22, 2017, at Merit Health River Region Hospital in Vicksburg, MS with her loving family by her side. She was born on March 6, 1918 in Copiah County, MS, to Fred J. Marble and Mary Strong Marble. Mrs. Kimble retired from Stahl Urban Garment Factory in Brookhaven, MS where she worked for over 30 years. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at the Red Star Ward. She loved her family, church, quilting and working in her flower beds and yard. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Fred J. and Mary Marble; her husband of 66 years Alfred Kimble Sr.; sons, Alfred Kimble Jr and Fred "Hap" Kimble; sister Nell Markle; and brothers, Leo Marble, Dampeer Marble, Billy Marble and Jay Marble.
Survivors are her son, Edwin Earl Kimble and wife Jean of Vicksburg, MS; daughter-in-law Deola Kimble of Brookhaven, MS; grandchildren, Kathy Franklin and husband Mark, Amy Martin and husband Jim, Nancy Kimble, Sammy Kimble and wife Anna, and Steven Kimble and wife Shana; 14 great grandchildren; 2 great -great grandchildren; sister Carmen Lewis; brother Haley Marble; and a host of family and friends.