James Leon Wimberly (1919 - 1999)

Born 26 Feb 1919 in Sweetwater, Monroe, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Nov 1999 at age 80 in Sweetwater, Monroe, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

James Leon Wimberly is a Tennessean.

The Life Summary of James Leon Wimberley:

James was born February 26, 1919 in Sweetwater, Monroe, Tennessee, United States to the parents of Luther Wimberley and Bessie Rose (Atkins) Wimberly. They had eight (8) children together.^[1]

In 1920, James was living in his parents home in Sweetwater, Monroe, Tennessee, United States and a big sister.^[2]

In 1930, James still living in his parent's home in Sweetwater, Monroe, Tennessee, United States with four (4) new sisters.^[3]

In 1940, James lived in his father's home with a step-mother and five (5) siblings and two (2) step-siblings.^[4]

In 1957, James married Lizzie Lou Ridenour in Monroe, Tennessee, United States on August 29.^[5]

They had two (2) children together.

James died at the age of eighty (80) in Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA^[6] where he is buried in Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GM8T-6P3
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN5D-X46 : 3 February 2021), Leon Wimbrly in entry for Luther Wimbrly, 1920.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPHC-4G7 : accessed 1 August 2022), James L Wimberly in household of Luther Wimberly, District 1, Monroe, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 3B, line 91, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2267; FHL microfilm 2,342,001.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4Z8-J2B : 11 January 2021), James L Wimberley in household of Luther H Wimberley, Civil District 1, Monroe, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62-2, sheet 32A, line 34, family 571, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3922.
5. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN66-DP5 : 4 December 2014), James Leon Wimberly and Lore Eliza Wimberly, 29 Aug 1957; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 162, Monroe, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1N9-ZZX : 9 January 2021), James L Wimberly, 17 Nov 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40313564/james-leon-wimberly

Notes

WIMBERLY, JAMES LEON - age 80, of Sweetwater, passed away Wednesday Nov. 17, 1999 at Sweetwater Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mr. Wimberly was preceded in death by his wife, Lou Ridenour Wimberly; mother, Bessie Atkins Wimberly; father, Luther G. Wimberly; sister, Beulah Thompson; step-brother, Mansel Frazier; step-mother, Georgia Wimberly. Survivors: daughter and son-in-law, Georgia and Tommy Hood of Sweetwater; son and daughter-in-law, Jessie and Linda Wimberly of Tellico Plains; grandsons, Rick Hood of Sweetwater, Travis Wimberly of Tellico Plains; sisters, Bessie Harness of Maryland, Gladys Evans of Oak Ridge, Midlred Browne of Arlington, Va., and Ada Mae Burke of Cleveland; half-brother, Gilbert Wimberly of Oneida; half-sister, Myrtle Gilbert of Powder Springs, Ga.; step-sister, Nanthia Fleming of Sweetwater; several nieces and nephews. The body is at Kyker Funeral Home, Sweetwater, where the family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday with funeral services to follow at 8 p.m. in Kyker's Chapel with Rev. Malcolm Myers officiating. Family and friends will meet at Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park at 10:45 a.m. Friday for a 11 a.m. burial. Kyker Funeral Home in charge.

The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Thursday, November 18, 1999