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Friday, May 30, 2025

Friday's Photo: Wayne Wimberly Martin (1922–1954)


Wayne Wimberly Martin was born in Ringgold in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, on July 10, 1922. The son of Thomas Jefferson Martin, Jr., and Willie Bessie Murph Woodard, he was affectionately known as “Preacher” for his deep knowledge of the Bible. Wayne passed away on October 16, 1954, in a car accident. He is buried at Wimberly Cemetery in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.



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Photos of Wayne Wimberly Martin, photograph, n.d.; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of Mary V. Smith, Alaska, 2004; original images photographed between 1973 and 1993.

Vera Meeks Wimberly, Wimberly Family History, Ancestors, Relatives, and Descendants of William Wimberly, Pioneer from Georgia to Louisiana 1837 (Houston Texas: D. Anderson, 1979), page 320.
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