Obituaries:  Billy Gene Kimble, 1966, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  June 2, 1966 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American

Wreck Is Fatal To Winnfield Negro Teacher

Billy Gene Kimble, 32 year old Negro instructor at the Trout School for
Colored, was killed Wednesday night of last week when he lost control of his
car and crashed on La. 127 near Olla.

State Police said Kimble was alone in the car when it left the road on a curve
and hit a tree.

He was a native of Winnfield and a graduate of Pinecrest High and Grambling
College, and was working on his Master's Degree at Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana.

Final rites were held at Morning Star Baptist Church, Winnfield, at 11 a.m.
Monday, with burial in the Winnfield Colored Cemetery, with Masonic rites.

Surviving are his wife, Alma Duncan Kimble; one son, Frederick Earl Kimble;
and mother, Velma Weatherford, all of Winnfield; father, Kaiser Kimble,
Lufkin, Texas; and a number of brothers and sisters.