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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]].
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 (1911-1981) 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.
After the death of his first wife, Wimberly in 1936 married the former Dorothy Knox (1911-1981) of Baton Rouge. From that union came Lorris M. Wimberly, Jr. (born 1946), a [[United Methodist]] minister. Wimberly had five grandchildren: Richard Mary, Jr. (1951-2022) 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. Lorris Wimberly was a cousin of [[D. C. Wimberly]], a [[World War II]] [[prisoner of war]] and later an [[educator]] in Bienville and Webster parishes.