Funeral services for Mr. Versie W. Kimble, Jr. will be on Saturday, December 21 , 2019, at Brookhaven Funeral Home (894 Natchez Drive) in Brookhaven, MS, at 1:00 PM with burial to follow in the Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery. Brookhaven Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Visitation will be at Brookhaven Funeral Home on Friday, December 20, 2019, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM and again on Saturday, December 21, 2019 from 12:00 Noon till 1:00 PM.

Mr. Kimble, 78, of McCall Creek, MS, passed from this life on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, at SW MS Cardiovascular Institute in McComb, MS with his loving family by his side. He was born on January 6, 1941, in Lincoln County, MS, to Versie William Kimble Sr. and Bertha Kinsley Kimble. He was a member of Concord Baptist Church and worked for 40 years in the oilfield industry and retired as a tool pusher. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, welding, home projects and spending time with his family. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend to all he met. He loved helping his neighbors.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Versie and Bertha Kimble; and brother A. D. Kimble.

Survivors are his wife of 58 years, Juanita M. Kimble; son, Dr. William Kimble and wife Sonya; daughter Vickie Kimble Young and husband Terry; grandchildren, Matthew Landon Young, Daniel Weston Young, and wife Chelsea, Kristin Kimble Chesteen and husband Rhine, and William Ryan Kimble ; great-granddaughter, Olivia Rhine Chesteen; brother Edward Kimble and sister Louise Thibodeaux; and a host of family and friends.