Lidey Elmese Stewart Kimble

Lidey Elmese Kimble went to her heavenly home, on February 6, 2023, just one month and one day before her 94th birthday. She was a resident of Independence, Louisiana. She was a member of Old Zion Hill Baptist Church where she made lifelong friends who became family to her. She loved to cook and everyone was welcome at her table where there was fried chicken, field peas, potato salad, and the sweetest sweet tea. Her sons and grandsons and other people’s sons and grandsons won’t forget meeting at her house in the very early cold mornings just so they could go in and eat her homemade biscuits before going squirrel hunting. She loved working in her yard…so much that on the right day, you may find her working in someone else’s yard. She especially took pride in her camellias, gardenias, and azaleas. She was quick to listen and quick to speak which left her family and friends with a few embarrassing moments and lots of laughs. She was a strong woman who loved her family deeply. She was a true Proverbs 31 woman who rose up while it was still night, never eating the bread of idleness, she set about her work vigorously; always caring for her family and stretching out her arms to the poor and her hands to the needy. She is survived by her sons, Alton Ray Kimble (Rita), Joseph Harold Kimble, Ambrose Jay “AJ” Kimble (Teresa), Gerald Lee Kimble, her daughter Linda Kimble Soles (Bobby), sister, Frances Cortez (Gerald), brother, Levi Stewart, 13 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ambrose and Zelda Clayton Stewart, husband of 74 years, Alton Loyd Kimble, son, James Edward Kimble, brothers, George Stewart, Hulon Merle Stewart, Delmas “Dickie” Stewart, Ambrose Stewart two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pallbearers will be Terry Stewart, Chris Stewart, George Stewart Jr, Jayson Kimble, Garrett Kimble, Michael Fontenot. Honorary Pallbearers will be Levi Stewart and Jimmy Alford. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the visitation from the chapel of Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home at 12012 Hwy 190 West Hammond, LA 70401 on Friday, February 10, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. until the funeral service at 12:00 p.m. Pastor Gary Dennis will officiate with interment to follow in Old Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.

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Lidey Elmese Stewart Kimble

March 7, 1929 - February 6, 2023