Obituaries: Garfield Gimber, Sr., 1941, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 21, 1941 Winn Parish Enterprise

Garfield Gimber Succumbs in Minden Tuesday

Funeral Services Are Held Here Thursday Afternoon

Funeral services for Garfield Gimber, Sr., age 60, who died Tuesday night in
Minden, were held Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. at the family residence in
Winnfield.  Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, officiated. 
Interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery with the Masonic rites at the grave.

Pallbearers were members of the Masonic Lodge of which Mr. Gimber was a 32nd
degree member.

Mr. Gimber was born March 4, 1881 in Newport, Ark., where he was reared and
educated.  His parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gimber.  Mr. Gimber
was named for President Garfield because he was born on the day that he took
the oath as President of the United States.

Mr. Gimber married Miss Inez Lawley in 1904 in Winnfield and they have resided
here most of the time since then.  Connected with the L. & A., for the past 30
years, he was an engineer at the time of his death, and was a member of the
railroad brotherhood.  For the past eight months he and his family had resided
in Minden.

Surviving are his wife, five sons, Garfield, Jr., Honolulu; James Gimber,
Hodge; Bill Gimber, Winnfield; Frank Gimber, Philadelphia; and Robert Gimber,
Minden; two daughters, Mrs. Percy Roberts, Monroe, and Miss Margaret Gimber,
Minden; one nephew, Jack Lampkin, Oklahoma, and nine grandchildren.