Difference between revisions of "D. C. Wimberly"
(Created page with "{{Infobox person | name=Duvall Cortez "D. C." Wimberly, Sr. (Educator and former president of American Ex-Prisoners of War) | birth_date=September 14, 1917 | birth_pl...") |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| − | |||
| name=Duvall Cortez "D. C." Wimberly, Sr. | | name=Duvall Cortez "D. C." Wimberly, Sr. | ||
(Educator and former president of American Ex-Prisoners of War) | (Educator and former president of American Ex-Prisoners of War) | ||
| − | |||
| birth_date=September 14, 1917 | | birth_date=September 14, 1917 | ||
| − | |||
| birth_place=Ringgold, Bienville Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]] | | birth_place=Ringgold, Bienville Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]] | ||
| − | |||
| death_date=January 27, 2007 (aged 89) | | death_date=January 27, 2007 (aged 89) | ||
| − | |||
| death_place=Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana | | death_place=Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana | ||
| − | |||
| resting_place=Wimberly Family Cemetery in Bienville Parish | | resting_place=Wimberly Family Cemetery in Bienville Parish | ||
| − | |||
| spouse=Inez Gamble Wimberly (married 1943-2007, his death)<br> | | spouse=Inez Gamble Wimberly (married 1943-2007, his death)<br> | ||
'''Children:''' <br> | '''Children:''' <br> | ||
| Line 24: | Line 17: | ||
Ringgold (Louisiana) High School<br> | Ringgold (Louisiana) High School<br> | ||
[[Northwestern State University]]<br> | [[Northwestern State University]]<br> | ||
| − | [[Louisiana State University<br> | + | [[Louisiana State University]]<br> |
[[Auburn University]]<br> | [[Auburn University]]<br> | ||
'''Notes:'''<br> | '''Notes:'''<br> | ||
*D.C. Wimberly said that as an ex-[[POW]] in Stalag XII in [[Germany]], he had learned to "help those who cannot help themselves."<br> | *D.C. Wimberly said that as an ex-[[POW]] in Stalag XII in [[Germany]], he had learned to "help those who cannot help themselves."<br> | ||
| − | |||
* Wimberly was awarded the [[Bronze Star]], [[Purple Heart]], and Battle Stars for his [[World War II]] service.<br> | * Wimberly was awarded the [[Bronze Star]], [[Purple Heart]], and Battle Stars for his [[World War II]] service.<br> | ||
*From 1974 to 1975, Wimberly headed the veterans' organizastion, American Ex-Prisoners of War. | *From 1974 to 1975, Wimberly headed the veterans' organizastion, American Ex-Prisoners of War. | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
'''Duvall Cortez Wimberly, Sr.''', known as '''D. C. Wimberly''' (September 14, 1917 – January 27, 2007), was a [[United States Army]] soldier taken [[prisoner of war]] in the [[Europe]]an theater of [[World War II]] and a past national commander of American Ex-Prisoners of War, a veterans organization based in Arlington, [[Texas]]. He was also an [[educator]] and school administrator for thirty-seven years in Bienville and Webster parishes in northwestern [[Louisiana]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=86208223|title=D. C. Wimberly|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 29, 2007|accessdate=?}}</ref>4ry | '''Duvall Cortez Wimberly, Sr.''', known as '''D. C. Wimberly''' (September 14, 1917 – January 27, 2007), was a [[United States Army]] soldier taken [[prisoner of war]] in the [[Europe]]an theater of [[World War II]] and a past national commander of American Ex-Prisoners of War, a veterans organization based in Arlington, [[Texas]]. He was also an [[educator]] and school administrator for thirty-seven years in Bienville and Webster parishes in northwestern [[Louisiana]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=86208223|title=D. C. Wimberly|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 29, 2007|accessdate=?}}</ref>4ry | ||
| Line 48: | Line 38: | ||
| | ||
| − | |||
==Wartime service== | ==Wartime service== | ||
| Line 59: | Line 48: | ||
Wimberly was a cousin of [[Lorris Wimberly]], a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Bienville Parish who also served on three occasions as the state House [[Speaker]] between 1936 and 1956. His brother, Lucian McDade "Dade" Wimberly (1922–1990), was a Louisiana state trooper from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], seat of Webster Parish, who ran unsuccessfully for chief of police in 1970.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'', August 19, 1970, p. 1,</ref> | Wimberly was a cousin of [[Lorris Wimberly]], a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Bienville Parish who also served on three occasions as the state House [[Speaker]] between 1936 and 1956. His brother, Lucian McDade "Dade" Wimberly (1922–1990), was a Louisiana state trooper from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], seat of Webster Parish, who ran unsuccessfully for chief of police in 1970.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'', August 19, 1970, p. 1,</ref> | ||
| − | Wimberly died at the age of eighty-nine and is interred at the Wimberly Cemetery south of Ringgold in Bienville Parish. | + | Wimberly died in Springhill at the age of eighty-nine and is interred at the Wimberly Cemetery south of Ringgold in Bienville Parish. |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wimberly, D. C..}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Wimberly, D. C..}} | ||
Revision as of 00:18, March 31, 2020
| Duvall Cortez "D. C." Wimberly, Sr.
(Educator and former president of American Ex-Prisoners of War) | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 14, 1917 Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | January 27, 2007 (aged 89) Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana |
| Spouse | Inez Gamble Wimberly (married 1943-2007, his death) Children:
|
Duvall Cortez Wimberly, Sr., known as D. C. Wimberly (September 14, 1917 – January 27, 2007), was a United States Army soldier taken prisoner of war in the European theater of World War II and a past national commander of American Ex-Prisoners of War, a veterans organization based in Arlington, Texas. He was also an educator and school administrator for thirty-seven years in Bienville and Webster parishes in northwestern Louisiana.[1]4ry
==Background==
Wimberly was born to Dempse Wimberly and the former Arvie McGinty in Ringgold in western Bienville Parish. He graduated from Ringgold High School in 1934 and received a bachelor's degree in 1940 from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. He obtained a master's degree in education from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1946 and post-master's instruction thereafter from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.[1]
Wimberly first taught in Bienville Parish and then in neighboring Webster Parish; he was a principal in four different schools: Sibley High School (1947–1949), Shongaloo High School (1949–1954), and thereafter Springhill Junior High School and Browning Elementary School, both in Springhill.[2] Wimberly retired from professional education in 1975. While he was still a principal, he ran unsuccessfully for the Springhill City Council. In a heated contest for the Louisiana State Senate in 1967, Wimberly signed a public letter of endorsement of Springhill native John Willard "Jack" Montgomery, Sr., who unseated incumbent Harold Montgomery of Doyline in south Webster Parish.[3]
In 1943, Wimberly married the former Inez Gamble, a native of Grand Cane in De Soto Parish who was born in February 1921. They had three children: Sandra (born 1949), Duvall, Jr., (born 1952), and Virginia "Bess" (born 1955). Wimberly died of a blood disorder in Springhill, where he had lived since 195 until 2011, when she relocated to Bossier City.[1]
==Wartime service==
Wimberly recounted his wartime exploits: "On Thanksgiving night 1944 in Luxembourg, the members of the German Army counterattacked my battalion. Companies E and F were wiped out. I was the Third Platoon sergeant. . . . I lost forty-six men from my fifty-man platoon. Three others and myself were captured. That night and the next few months [we were] starving, freezing, walking over lots of Germans from southwest Germany to northeast Poland and back to south of Berlin. I felt, and to this day feel, [that] I am living on borrowed time. I have assisted my fellow Americans as a school teacher, administrator, Mason, and Shriner, [having] dedicated my life to the Christian effort of 'helping those who cannot help themselves.' This is also the motto of American Ex-Prisoners of War."[1]
Wimberly was confined to Stalag XII and several other camps. He was liberated by the [[Russia|Russians] on April 22, 1945, escaped on May 9, and was discharged from the military on December 12, 1945. He received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and two Battle Stars.[1]
Wimberly was named in 1971 as the Louisiana chapter commander of the American Ex-Prisoners of War.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Wimberly died in Springhill at the age of eighty-nine and is interred at the Wimberly Cemetery south of Ringgold in Bienville Parish.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "D. C. Wimberly", The Shreveport Times, January 29, 2007. Retrieved on ?.
- ↑ "School Principal Changes Are Made by School Board," Minden Herald, March 5, 1954, p. 1.
- ↑ Minden Press-Herald, December 14, 1967, p. 2.