Jessie LaVerne Kimbrell, formerly of Pottsboro, Texas, passed away on June 9, 2023, at the age of 88. She was born on June 14, 1934 in Lindsey, Oklahoma to Isaac Earl and Lottie Barbara (Dixon) Vick.
LaVerne attended high school at Sam Norwood in Texas. She married the love of her life, Cleo Guy Kimbrell, on March 28, 1953, in Shamrock, Texas. Together, they shared 35 years of marriage. They had four children. She was a faithful member at Hagerman Baptist Church in Pottsboro, Texas. LaVerne was extremely talented as she loved to quilt, crochet, embroider, and sew. She also enjoyed spending time outside while gardening and tending to her plants. She loved her family deeply and will be missed by all who knew her.
She is survived by her three children, Cleo Dewayne Kimbrell and wife Jelene of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Dorothy LaVerne Sawyer and husband Steven of Denison, Texas, and Brinda Pauline Grider and husband B.J. of Durant, Oklahoma; One daughter-in-law, Rita [Eugene] Kimbrell, of Pampa, Texas, twelve grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren; four siblings; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Lottie Vick, her husband Cleo Kimbrell, son, Jesse Eugene Kimbrell; 2 great grandchildren, Lillie Faith Sawyer and Gabriel Wayne Jordan Brawdy and 11 siblings.
A funeral service will be held at 2 P.M., Friday, June 16, 2023, at Johnson-Moore Pottsboro Chapel, 511 W. Hwy 120, Pottsboro, Texas 75076. Family will receive friends beginning at 1 P.M. at the same location. Following the service, a procession will make its way to Hagerman Cemetery, 4552 Hagerman Road, Pottsboro, Texas for a committal service.
