Lavelle Whigham Kimbrel, 91, of Panama City, FL passed away on Sunday October 15, 2017. She was born on September 19, 1926 in Cairo, GA to Walter Andrew and Mary Lou Whigham. She was a retired bookkeeper for PM&S and O.K. Radiator. She had been a member of the First Baptist Church since 1943 and was a part of the Joyful Servants Sunday School Class. She was preceded in death by her husband, E.K. Kimbrel; son, Earl Kenneth Kimbrel; brothers, Eldron Whigham, Lawson Whigham, Virgil Whigham, Robert Judson, Elvet Gerald Whigham; sisters, Millie Kelly, Lavonia Harris, Clara Lou Maddox, Gertrude Grace Giddings. She is survived by three granddaughters, Melani Harder (Josh), Melissa James (Hardy), Marian Kimbrel; six great grandchildren, Mallary Shepherd, Stefan Shepherd, Brannan Shepherd, E.K. Smith, Forrest James, Kirkland James; great-great grandson, Silas Shepherd; sister, Geraldine Sheffield and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Thursday October 19, 2017 at 10 am in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Clyde Ellison officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 5-7 pm. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Gardens. Active pallbearers will be Mark Whigham, Jerry Jones, Josh Harder, Keith Whigham, Kirkland James and Hardy James. Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Giddings, Walter Harris, Keith Davis, Carl Gay, Jeff McCartney, Dalton Whigham and members of the Joyful Servants Sunday School Class. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Building Fund of First Baptist Church , the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society or to your favorite charity in memory of Lavelle Kimbrel.