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Wimberly was the oldest of three children born to the [[attorney]] Joseph Rush Wimberly, I (1973-1943), 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>Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 465, edited by Alcee Fortier, published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.</ref>
Wimberly was the oldest of three children born to the [[attorney]] Joseph Rush Wimberly, I (1973-1943), 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>Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 465, edited by Alcee Fortier, published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.</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]].
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 Sherad Wimberly Mary (1921-2009), the widow of James Richard Mary, Sr. (1914-1971), 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. (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.
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: James 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.