Charles Washington Kimbrel was the son of of Millie Milbray Annice (Cook) Kimbrel and Jeremiah K. (Dink) Kimbrel.
Charles Washington Kimbrel had two sisters and eleven brothers:

[1] Infant Son Kimbrel, 1874, 1874
[2] Leroy Kimbrel, 1879, 1952
[3] Infant son Kimbrel, 1879, 1879
[4] Infant son G.F. Kimbrel, 1882, 1882
[5] Gertude Kimbrel, 1884, 1977
[6] Luther Kimbrel, 1885, 1955
[7] Nancy Kimbrel, 1888, 1974
[8] John Kimbrel, 1891, 1957
[9] William Wright Kimbrel, 1893, 1976
[10] James Gary Kimbrel, 1894, 1947
[11] Julian Kimbrel, 1897, 1951
[12] Eager K. Kimbrel, 1900, 1961
[13] Perry Kimbrel, 1904, 1974

Charles Washington Kimbrel was the husband of Eunice (Brown) Kimbrel.
Married on December 31, 1922
Eunice (Brown) Kimbrel and Charles Washington Kimbrel had no children.

Charles Washington Kimbrel was the husband of Gladys (Penny) Kimbrel.
Gladys (Penny) Kimbrel and Charles Washington Kimbrel had four children:

[1] Judson Jeremiah Kimbrel, 1935 - 1935
[2] Max Kimbrel, Living
[3] Roy Allen Kimbrel, 1940 - 2002
[4] Thomas Kimbrel, Living

Charles Washington Kimbrel and Eunice (Brown) Kimbrel Biography

Charles Washington Kimbrel was Millie Milbria Annice (Cook) Kimbrel, and Jeremiah K. (Dink) Kimbrel’s thirteenth child but tenth living child. Charles Washington Kimbrel was born in Miller County, Georgia on January 19, 1901. William McKinley was the 25th. President of the United States at that time. Eunice Brown was Charles first wife and was married on December 31, 1922.

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Charles Washington Kimbrel and Gladys (Penny) Kimbrel Biography

Charles Washington Kimbrel was Millie Milbria Annice (Cook) Kimbrel, and Jeremiah K. (Dink) Kimbrel’s thirteenth child but tenth living child. Charles Washington Kimbrel was born in Miller County, Georgia on January 19, 1901. William McKinley was the 25th. President of the United States when Charles was born. Charles met his first wife Eunice Brown and they were married on December 21, 1922. They were divorced at an unknown date and there were no children with Eunice Brown. Gladys Penny was Charles second wife and was married on (Unknown at this time). Charles and Gladys Kimbrel had four children, all boys. The first child Judson Jeremiah Kimbrel was born on October 29, 1935 and died on October 31, 1935, the second day of his life. All, three of the other children lived to become adults. Charles and his younger brother Perry were born four years apart but were very close and grew up together and stayed close together in adulthood. They were both working as carpenters in Valdosta Georgia where Charles met, and married Gladys Penny and Perry met, and married Alva Nicholson. Charles, Gladys, Perry and Alva all moved back to Miller County after the death of Charles and Perry’s father. Both families lived in houses near their sister Gertrude Kimbrel, who had purchased several hundred acers of land, and her two brothers Charles and Perry were farming the land for her during World War II. Charles was farming his part of the land under a government program called the Rehabilitation Program. The government helps by instructing the farmers with new farming procedures. Also, the Home Demonstration Agent came out to the farm to teach the wives to can and preserve food for the family, and how to improve the home. During this time while plowing with a mule and plow one day Charles developed a really bad headache and after plowing up a row of peanuts Charles returned to the house, stabled the mule and went into the house to clean-up and call the doctor. The doctor checked him out and sent him to the hospital in Bainbridge, Georgia, and he was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm and Charlies died at the hospital on May 30, 1943.
Charlies wife Gladys (Penny) Kimbrel tried to handle the problem of trying to raise three children and the oldest was five years old after Charles died in 1943. The country was right in the middle of a world war and although jobs were opening up all over the country, she still had three children to take care of, one was 5 years old, one was 3 years old and one was a baby, too much for a mother by herself with no money in savings. Again, the Kimbrel family members offered their help and aunt Lucy and uncle John Kimbrel took on the responsibility of raising Max, the oldest and as always Gertrude (Trudy) took on the responsibility of raising Roy the middle child and Ruth and William Wright adopted the baby, Thomas and since it was a family member that adopted him, Thomas was still a Kimbrel and loved very much, not only by his parents, but by his two older brothers, all of his uncles, and aunts and by all of his cousins.
Gladys went to work at the Defense Plant at Brunswick, Georgia. Women were desperately needed in the war effort. She traveled by bus to Colquitt to see her children as often as possible and after the war she married A. G. Bennet in Valdosta Georgia who provided for her well. Max and Roy visited their mother for long intervals. After her husband A.G. Bennet died Gladys was diagnosed with brain tumors. When she could no longer live at home Gladys lived with her son Max and his family in Savannah Georgia where she died.

By: Laverne ‘Kimbrel’ Shaw, and Cousin Ralph Kimbrel