Obituaries: Katie Harper Gimber, 1985, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 27, 1985 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Katie Harper Gimber

Services for Mrs. Katie Harper Gimber, 71, of Jonesboro, Louisiana were held
at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 26, at Edmonds Funeral Chapel in Jonesboro. 
Dr. Herb Dickerson officiated with Kenneth Brown assisting.  Burial followed
in Gayla Traina Memorial Cemetery in Jonesboro.

She died Monday, November 25, 1985, at Schumpert Medical Center in Shreveport.

Mrs. Gimber, who was born at Jena, Louisiana, moved with her husband to Jena
49 years ago, taught school for 37 years in Jackson Parish and was the first
to instruct a gifted and talented program.  She also taught 2 « years at the
former Ouachita Parish Junior College in Monroe, predecessor of Northeast
Louisiana University.  She was a member of Crescent Chapter No. 64, Order of
Eastern Star, and a member of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro.

Survivors are her husband, James P. "Jimmy" Gimber of Jonesboro; one son, Jim
Gimber of LaPlace, Louisiana; one daughter, Mrs. Dewanna Pipes of Jonesboro;
one brother, Theron Harper of Alexandria; one sister, Mrs. Lillian Herron of
Alexandria; and six grandchildren.