The funeral service for Clara Mae Saucier Kimble will be 12 p.m., Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at New Hope Methodist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m., Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at Riverwood Family and will resume Wednesday from 11am until the time of service at New Hope Methodist Church.
Mrs. Kimble, 82, of Wesson, died September 7, 2024, in Jackson, Ms. She was born in Meadville, MS, January 25, 1942, to Leo Saucier and Mary Ellen Davis Saucier.
Mrs. Kimble loved cooking for the family, working word search puzzles, and attending auctions with her husband. She also loved attending extracurricular events for her grandchildren and great grandchildren and spending time with her family and friends. She will be missed by all who loved her.
She is preceded in death by her parents; father and mother in law, W.D. Kimble, Sr. and Nellie Mae Kimble; brothers, Willie, Harold, and Bobby Saucier; brother in law, W.D. “Buddy” Kimble; sister in law, Dorothy Kimble; and daughter in law, Donna Kimble.
Those left to cherish her memory are her husband of 62 years, Paul Donald Kimble; son, Dewayne Kimble (April); daughters, Sheila Hudgins (Sam) and Tonya Snider (Dean); sister, Peggy Lambert; sisters in law, Ruth Saucier and Patsy Rushing (Donald); brothers in law, Bennie Kimble (Jo) and Dale Kimble (Ramonia); fourteen grandchildren; sixteen great grandchildren; and a host of others she loved as her own.
The family would like to extend a special thanks to the staff at KDMC, St. Dominic’s and Deaconess Home Health.