Jerry Vincent Kimbrough
Jerry Vincent Kimbrough, age 83, of Cameron, MO, formerly of Hamilton, passed away Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2020, at the Cameron Regional Medical Center in Cameron.
Jerry was born on July 30, 1936, in Kingston, to Goldburn and Mary (Mamie) Kimbrough. He attended Penney High School in Hamilton, where he participated in football and basketball. He graduated in 1954 from Penney High School, and served with the Missouri National Guard from 1954-1959 receiving an honorable discharge.
Jerry and his father, Goby, owned and operated the Phillips 66 gas station in Hamilton for many years, worked in a sheet metal plant in Kansas City, KS, and he also was employed at Esry's IGA and Hy-Klas grocery stores in Hamilton. Jerry worked as a painter with his uncle, Tinsley Tuggle.
He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hamilton.
Jerry was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Rosalie (Kimbrough) Axon.
On Oct. 11, 1969, he married Diana (Silvey) Kimbrough at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hamilton, and they were married for 50 plus years. She survives of the home.
Additional survivors include her daughter, Angela of Jacksonville, FL; son, Michael Kimbrough of Cameron; one grandson, Austin, who he dearly loved; brother, John Robert Kimbrough of Kansas City; and several cousins, nieces and nephews.
Cremation has been entrusted to Bram Funeral Home in Hamilton. Services are pending for a future date. Inurnment will be at Highland Cemetery in Hamilton. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or the American Lung Association in care of the funeral home. Jerry Vincent Kimbrough, age 83, of Cameron, MO, formerly of Hamilton, passed on March 17, 2020, at the Cameron Regional Medical Center in Cameron.
