Cecil Mae Hill Kimbriel

© The Bakersfield Californian

13 January 2005

Submitted by: Sandi Carter

CECIL MAE HILL KIMBRIEL
Nov. 23, 1911 - Jan 11, 2005

Services will be held at Greenlawn Southwest Memorial Chapel, 2729 Panama Ln., Friday, January 14, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. Visitation will be held today, January 13 from 12:00 - 9:00 p.m. After battling heart disease our spry, feisty, wonderful Cecil Mae Hill Kimbriel reluctantly passed away. Elder Harold Foster will officiate.

Cecil was born in Jimtown, Oklahoma on November 23, 1911 to Jess and Lula Powell. She was the second oldest of seven. Living through the depression, being caught up in the "Dust Bowl," trekking across the Midwest with her newly wed husband, Otis Hill, in their 1929 Whippit (yes, with a mattress tied to the top) finally ending up in Tulare, California in 1934.

Otis, Cecil and their two sons moved to Bakersfield in 1944 to run a trucking company, a motel and a farm on Brimhall and Calloway. Only married 18 short years Otis passed away leaving Cecil to raise the boys and to run the farm by herself. In 1961, twelve years after Otis passed away, Cecil married her best friend, Ray Kimbriel. Ray passed away four years later, leaving Cecil to continue running the farm as well as managing the cafeteria at Bank of America. Staying with Bank of America for 26 years at the young age of 65 she decided to retire to run the farm. She sold the property in 1978 after 34 years of farming. She continued working at her son and daughter-in-law's business until she decided to retire at the age of 91.

She is survived by her two sisters, Nelly Williams and Ethel and her husband, Herman Anderson; her two sons, Dr. Wayne Hill and wife, Annette and Donald Hill and wife, Lynne; five grandchildren and their spouses, Gary and Kathleen Hill, Elie and Lori Feghali, Darrin and Ande Hill, Craig and Melissa Hill and Tracey and Jason Burke; and 15 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husbands, Otis and Ray; grandson, Kevin Hill; her parents; and four brothers.

The family would like to give a very special "thank you, thank you" for the wonderful staff at the Bakersfield Heart Hospital. Their friendship and special care meant a lot to Cecil.

"Mom/Grandma Cecil you sure will be missed. We Love You!!"

Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary Funeral Directors

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