In Memoriam
TED KIMBRO
September 30, 1909 ~ June 20, 1990
THE TED KIMBRO EPILOGUE
Once upon a time there was a county in deep Southeast Oklahoma where bad roads, bad economy and communications all combined to epitomize "The Grapes of Wrath."
Then a combination of things happened: Ted Kimbro retired from the U.S. Post Office and other people from throughout the county started looking at opportunities.
It really all started popping.
Lane Poultry Company and McCurtain County passed a big bond issue and lots of people were hired at a processing plant. It later became part of Tyson's Foods, largest in the world.
Weyerhaeuser flew executives around the country looking for a place to build a multi-million-dollar paper mill.
Idabel, the county seat, started spreading out and growing.
The Idabel Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture really needed a spokesman. The chamber wound up with an image.
That image knew everyone from folks in overalls to governors.
That image continued quietly but forcefully until Ted Kimbro called it quits in 1983.
A list of his quiet accomplishments would be just a list.
A year later Kimbro Plaza was dedicated near the courthouse.
Saturday, June 23, 1990, at 10 a.m. a Baptist preacher will come from Texas where he went to take over a family business two decades ago. He will tell about Ted Kimbro. Bill McFatridge will remember the past ... he will also tell those assembled in Norwood Chapel about faith in the future ...
Mr. Ted Kimbro will be laid to rest in Denison Cemetery.
Survivors include Anna, his wife, Paula, his daughter who now lives in Oakland, Calif., a brother, Kermit of Del City, and five sisters, Faye Tobias, Odessa, Texas, Ina Pollock, Del City, Connie Armer, Ft. Worth, Texas, Marie Curlee, Chelan, Wash., Ima Kimbro, Idabel, and grandson, Gus Bostrom, San Francisco, Calif.
Memorials have been set up at First Baptist Church, Idabel, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and American Cancer Society.
"Dad would have wanted the memorial to help somebody," Paula said.
Ted smelled his flowers along the way.
Progress proves it.
McCurtain Daily Gazette
Friday, June 22, 1990
TED KIMBRO
September 30, 1909 ~ June 20, 1990
THE TED KIMBRO EPILOGUE
Once upon a time there was a county in deep Southeast Oklahoma where bad roads, bad economy and communications all combined to epitomize "The Grapes of Wrath."
Then a combination of things happened: Ted Kimbro retired from the U.S. Post Office and other people from throughout the county started looking at opportunities.
It really all started popping.
Lane Poultry Company and McCurtain County passed a big bond issue and lots of people were hired at a processing plant. It later became part of Tyson's Foods, largest in the world.
Weyerhaeuser flew executives around the country looking for a place to build a multi-million-dollar paper mill.
Idabel, the county seat, started spreading out and growing.
The Idabel Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture really needed a spokesman. The chamber wound up with an image.
That image knew everyone from folks in overalls to governors.
That image continued quietly but forcefully until Ted Kimbro called it quits in 1983.
A list of his quiet accomplishments would be just a list.
A year later Kimbro Plaza was dedicated near the courthouse.
Saturday, June 23, 1990, at 10 a.m. a Baptist preacher will come from Texas where he went to take over a family business two decades ago. He will tell about Ted Kimbro. Bill McFatridge will remember the past ... he will also tell those assembled in Norwood Chapel about faith in the future ...
Mr. Ted Kimbro will be laid to rest in Denison Cemetery.
Survivors include Anna, his wife, Paula, his daughter who now lives in Oakland, Calif., a brother, Kermit of Del City, and five sisters, Faye Tobias, Odessa, Texas, Ina Pollock, Del City, Connie Armer, Ft. Worth, Texas, Marie Curlee, Chelan, Wash., Ima Kimbro, Idabel, and grandson, Gus Bostrom, San Francisco, Calif.
Memorials have been set up at First Baptist Church, Idabel, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and American Cancer Society.
"Dad would have wanted the memorial to help somebody," Paula said.
Ted smelled his flowers along the way.
Progress proves it.
McCurtain Daily Gazette
Friday, June 22, 1990
In Memoriam
TED KIMBRO
September 30, 1909 ~ June 20, 1990
THE TED KIMBRO EPILOGUE
Once upon a time there was a county in deep Southeast Oklahoma where bad roads, bad economy and communications all combined to epitomize "The Grapes of Wrath."
Then a combination of things happened: Ted Kimbro retired from the U.S. Post Office and other people from throughout the county started looking at opportunities.
It really all started popping.
Lane Poultry Company and McCurtain County passed a big bond issue and lots of people were hired at a processing plant. It later became part of Tyson's Foods, largest in the world.
Weyerhaeuser flew executives around the country looking for a place to build a multi-million-dollar paper mill.
Idabel, the county seat, started spreading out and growing.
The Idabel Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture really needed a spokesman. The chamber wound up with an image.
That image knew everyone from folks in overalls to governors.
That image continued quietly but forcefully until Ted Kimbro called it quits in 1983.
A list of his quiet accomplishments would be just a list.
A year later Kimbro Plaza was dedicated near the courthouse.
Saturday, June 23, 1990, at 10 a.m. a Baptist preacher will come from Texas where he went to take over a family business two decades ago. He will tell about Ted Kimbro. Bill McFatridge will remember the past ... he will also tell those assembled in Norwood Chapel about faith in the future ...
Mr. Ted Kimbro will be laid to rest in Denison Cemetery.
Survivors include Anna, his wife, Paula, his daughter who now lives in Oakland, Calif., a brother, Kermit of Del City, and five sisters, Faye Tobias, Odessa, Texas, Ina Pollock, Del City, Connie Armer, Ft. Worth, Texas, Marie Curlee, Chelan, Wash., Ima Kimbro, Idabel, and grandson, Gus Bostrom, San Francisco, Calif.
Memorials have been set up at First Baptist Church, Idabel, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and American Cancer Society.
"Dad would have wanted the memorial to help somebody," Paula said.
Ted smelled his flowers along the way.
Progress proves it.
McCurtain Daily Gazette
Friday, June 22, 1990
TED KIMBRO
September 30, 1909 ~ June 20, 1990
THE TED KIMBRO EPILOGUE
Once upon a time there was a county in deep Southeast Oklahoma where bad roads, bad economy and communications all combined to epitomize "The Grapes of Wrath."
Then a combination of things happened: Ted Kimbro retired from the U.S. Post Office and other people from throughout the county started looking at opportunities.
It really all started popping.
Lane Poultry Company and McCurtain County passed a big bond issue and lots of people were hired at a processing plant. It later became part of Tyson's Foods, largest in the world.
Weyerhaeuser flew executives around the country looking for a place to build a multi-million-dollar paper mill.
Idabel, the county seat, started spreading out and growing.
The Idabel Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture really needed a spokesman. The chamber wound up with an image.
That image knew everyone from folks in overalls to governors.
That image continued quietly but forcefully until Ted Kimbro called it quits in 1983.
A list of his quiet accomplishments would be just a list.
A year later Kimbro Plaza was dedicated near the courthouse.
Saturday, June 23, 1990, at 10 a.m. a Baptist preacher will come from Texas where he went to take over a family business two decades ago. He will tell about Ted Kimbro. Bill McFatridge will remember the past ... he will also tell those assembled in Norwood Chapel about faith in the future ...
Mr. Ted Kimbro will be laid to rest in Denison Cemetery.
Survivors include Anna, his wife, Paula, his daughter who now lives in Oakland, Calif., a brother, Kermit of Del City, and five sisters, Faye Tobias, Odessa, Texas, Ina Pollock, Del City, Connie Armer, Ft. Worth, Texas, Marie Curlee, Chelan, Wash., Ima Kimbro, Idabel, and grandson, Gus Bostrom, San Francisco, Calif.
Memorials have been set up at First Baptist Church, Idabel, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and American Cancer Society.
"Dad would have wanted the memorial to help somebody," Paula said.
Ted smelled his flowers along the way.
Progress proves it.
McCurtain Daily Gazette
Friday, June 22, 1990
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