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| birth_date=March 4, 1898
| birth_date=March 4, 1898
| birth_place=Arcadia, Bienville Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| birth_place=Arcadia, Bienville Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_date =May 2, 1962 (aged 64)
| death_date=May 2, 1962 (aged 64)
| death_place =
| death_place =
| office=Louisiana State Representative<br> for Bienville Parish
| office=Louisiana State Representative<br> for Bienville Parish
Wimberly was also the state highway department director during the 1940s and headed the Department of Public Works from 1956 to 1960. He was a member of the powerful [[Huey Long|Long]] political faction] which dominated the state during most of Wimberly's public career.
Wimberly was also the state highway department director during the 1940s and headed the Department of Public Works from 1956 to 1960. He was a member of the powerful [[Huey Long|Long]] political faction] which dominated the state during most of Wimberly's public career.
==Background==
==Background==
Wimberly was the oldest of three children born to [[Rush Wimberly|Joseph Rush Wimberly, I]], an [[attorney]], and the former Annie May Poland (1877–1960). His siblings were J. Rush Wimberly, Jr. (1906–1982), also an attorney, and Edrie W. Albrecht (1902-1983), the wife of Henry Gustave Albrecht (1899-1945) of Arcadia. After a period of self study, Rush Wimberly was admitted to the bar in 1894. Rush Wimberly served in the Louisiana House from 1900 to 1908 and the state Senate from 1908 to 1912, practiced for a time in [[Shreveport]], and was thereafter for ten years the Bienville parish attorney and for several years the parish school superintendent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/caddo/bios/wimberly.txt|title=Joseph Rush Wimberly, I|publisher=usgwarchives.net|accessdate=June 22, 2013}}</ref>
Wimberly was the oldest of three children born to [[Rush Wimberly|Joseph Rush Wimberly, I]], an [[attorney]], and the former Annie May Poland (1877–1960). His siblings were J. Rush Wimberly, Jr. (1906–1982), also an attorney, and Edrie W. Albrecht (1902-1983), the wife of Henry Gustave Albrecht (1899-1945) of Arcadia. After a period of self study, Rush Wimberly was admitted to the bar in 1894. Rush Wimberly served in the Louisiana House from 1900 to 1908 and the state Senate from 1908 to 1912, practiced for a time in [[Shreveport]], and was thereafter for ten years the Bienville parish attorney and for several years the parish school superintendent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/caddo/bios/wimberly.txt|title=Joseph Rush Wimberly, I|publisher=usgwarchives.net|accessdate=June 22, 2013}}</ref>
Like his father, Lorris Wimberly graduated from Arcadia High School, an entity of the Bienville Parish School Board. He made his living as a [[cattle]]man and [[farmer]] and was also affiliated with the former Daniel, Bryan, and Turner Insurance Agency in Arcadia. Lorris Wimberly was twice married. From his union to Jessie Faye Sherard (June 6, 1899 — July 25, 1934) was born a daughter, Faye Wimberly Mary (born 1921), the widow of Richard M. Mary, Sr. (born 1922), of [[Baton Rouge]]. After the death of his first wife, Wimberly in 1936 married the former Dorothy Knox (December 25, 1911 — November 1981) of Baton Rouge. From that union came Lorris M. Wimberly, Jr. (born 1946), a [[United Methodist]] minister. Wimberly had five grandchildren: Richard Mary, Jr. (born 1951) and Mary's four half-cousins, Lorris Knox Wimberly (born 1975), Marianna Grace Wimberly (born 1978), Shelley Dawn Wimberly (born 1980), and Wesley Paul Wimberly (born 1982), all of Baton Rouge.
Like his father, Lorris Wimberly graduated from Arcadia High School, an entity of the Bienville Parish School Board. He made his living as a [[cattle]]man and [[farmer]] and was also affiliated with the former Daniel, Bryan, and Turner Insurance Agency in Arcadia. Lorris Wimberly was twice married. From his union to Jessie Faye Sherard (June 6, 1899 — July 25, 1934) was born a daughter, Faye Wimberly Mary (born 1921), the widow of Richard M. Mary, Sr. (born 1922), of [[Baton Rouge]]. After the death of his first wife, Wimberly in 1936 married the former Dorothy Knox (December 25, 1911 — November 1981) of Baton Rouge. From that union came Lorris M. Wimberly, Jr. (born 1946), a [[United Methodist]] minister. Wimberly had five grandchildren: Richard Mary, Jr. (born 1951) and Mary's four half-cousins, Lorris Knox Wimberly (born 1975), Marianna Grace Wimberly (born 1978), Shelley Dawn Wimberly (born 1980), and Wesley Paul Wimberly (born 1982), all of Baton Rouge. He was a cousin of [[D. C. Wimberly]], a [[World War II]] [[prisoner of war]] and later an [[educator]] in Bienville and Webster parishes.
==Political activities==
==Political activities==
While he was in the House, Wimberly represented only Bienville Parish. Prior to 1968, all parishes had at least one seat in the legislature regardless of population. The last member to represent only Bienville Parish was [[Len Lacy]] of Castor, who served from 1964 to 1968.
While he was in the House, Wimberly represented only Bienville Parish. Prior to 1968, all parishes had at least one seat in the legislature regardless of population. The last member to represent only Bienville Parish was [[Len Lacy]] of Castor, who served from 1964 to 1968.
Wimberly is interred beside his first wife at Arcadia Cemetery on Hazel Street near the Bienville Parish Library. He was a cousin of [[D. C. Wimberly]], a [[World War II]] [[prisoner of war]] and later an [[educator]] in Bienville and Webster parishes.
Wimberly is interred beside his first wife at Arcadia Cemetery on Hazel Street near the Bienville Parish Library.
==References==
==References==