[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 41 (Thursday, March 9, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       APPRECIATING PERRY KIMBALL

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 9, 2017

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on March 1, 2017, 
Lexington County, South Carolina lost a favorite son with the death of 
Perry Kimball. He was one of the community's most dynamic civic 
leaders.
  I was grateful to serve as a pallbearer at Pilgrim Lutheran Church on 
March 4th with Solicitor Donnie Myers, Paul Scott, H.D. Carter, 
Councilman Jerry Howard, Danny Kimball, Wayne Kimball, Jim Walsh, 
Walter Hudson, and Scott Adams. Honorary Pallbearers were John Bozard, 
William ``Bill'' Jordan, David Scott Kimball, Pete Oswald, James 
Shealy, Charles Sinclair, and Jerry Wilkie.
  The Officiants were Presiding Pastor Glenn Boland, Organist Sandra 
Lindler, and Lector Peter Reinhart.
  The following thoughtful obituary was included in the service 
program.

       James Perry Kimball, 78, of Lexington, entered the Church 
     Triumphant on Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Born in Norfolk, 
     Virginia, on May 29, 1938, he was the son and only child of 
     the late James Rackley Kimball and Dorothy Perry Kimball. 
     Last year he celebrated his 50th Wedding Anniversary with the 
     love of his life, Sheri Rene Snyder Kimball. A lifelong 
     Gamecock fan, Perry was a Gamecock Club Lifetime Donor with a 
     particular passion for USC football, baseball, and men's and 
     women's basketball. Whether he was in the stands or in his 
     lounge chair, he was a loyal Gamecock fan through and through 
     from the 1950s to the present.
       After a move to Lake Murray in the early 1970s, he embraced 
     life as a Lexingtonian, dedicated to serving the community 
     with his unmistakable charm and humor. Perry was a member of 
     Pilgrim Lutheran Church, where he was an usher, taught Sunday 
     School and Bible Study, and faithfully served on many 
     committees. He is a Paul Harris Fellow with the Rotary Club 
     of Lexington where he served as past president and had 
     perfect attendance for over 40 consecutive years. Perry 
     remained active in the community by serving on the boards of 
     the Lexington Gamecock Club, the Lexington Chamber of 
     Commerce, the Lexington County Republican Party, and the 
     Country Club of Lexington. He shared his talents on the 
     stage, as well as set design, with the Lexington County Arts 
     Association.
       Perry's fondest memories of his childhood were playing on 
     Burney Drive in the Shandon area of Columbia. He was a 
     graduate of Dreher High School, Class of 1956, where he 
     played varsity basketball and was a member of the 1956 Dreher 
     Championship Team. After high school, he attended the 
     University of South Carolina and joined the Sigma Alpha 
     Epsilon Fraternity. Following USC, he served his country in 
     the Army and thereafter, as a first lieutenant in the South 
     Carolina National Guard for ten years.
       Mr. Kimball worked in his father's business at Home Heating 
     and Air Conditioning in Columbia and then ventured out on his 
     own to establish Kimball's Commercial Mechanical Contracting 
     in Lexington. As a self-employed businessman he embodied an 
     incredible work ethic which could be seen by many. He worked 
     above and beyond what was expected of him as he served people 
     in his chosen field.
       He retired in 2002 intent on having endless tee times and 
     spoiling their five grandchildren. He always had a friendly 
     smile and happy lifestyle even though he had health 
     challenges. The Kimball family is grateful for three 
     physicians, Dr. Horace (Butch) Bledsoe, Dr. C.W. Hendricks, 
     and Dr. Scott Petit, whose medical expertise granted him 
     additional time to impart his faith and humor and to be a 
     great example to others with physical challenges.
       He is survived by his wife, Sheri Snyder Kimball, three 
     daughters, Teri Lee Kimball Callen of Columbia, Heather 
     Kimball Ramsey (Jason) of Davidson, NC, Lexanne Kimball 
     Graves (Scott) of Blythewood, and five grandchildren, Jacob 
     Kimball Ramsey, Ava Perry Callen, Jordan Kennedy Ramsey, Anna 
     Leigh Graves, and Wesley Scott Graves, Jr.; and an aunt, 
     uncle, and many cousins and nieces. He was predeceased by a 
     grandchild, Doren Rackley Ramsey.

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