Jay Kimmey

Services for Jay Kimmey, 50, of Tyler, will be held on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at 10:00 AM at Green Acres Baptist Church Chapel with Dr. David Dykes and Rev. Robert Carter officiating. Burial will follow at 3:00 PM at Shiloh Cemetery near Mt. Enterprise under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Mr. Kimmey passed away July 16, 2010 at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. He was born May 25, 1960 in Kansas City, MO, to Jimmy and Bessie Geraldine Lewellen Kimmey. Jay grew up in Carthage and graduated from Carthage High School in 1978 and from West Point in 1982. He was in the US Army and Army Reserves and served during Operation Desert Storm. He achieved the rank of Major. Jay married his loving wife Paula and then they moved to Tyler in 1988 where he formed his own mail order company. He was a strong supporter of his children and their activities and schools. Jay was a member of Green Acres Baptist Church where he sang in the church choir and praise team. Mr. Kimmey was preceded in death by his father, Jimmy Kimmey, son Eric Kimmey and brother Jeff Kimmey. Jay is survived by his loving family including his wife of 26 years, Paula; children, Christina, Bethany and Will Kimmey, all of Tyler; parents, Lee Owens and Geraldine Lewellen Graves, of Carthage; siblings, Jana Hunt and husband Jim of Ft. Worth, John Graves of Richardson and Sandy McAllister and husband Bubba of Gary. Pallbearers will be Matthew Bowen, William Bowling, Albert Davis, Dave Hernon, Christopher Hunt, Jackie McDonnell, and Patrick Robinson. Honorary pallbearers will be, Tommy Bowen, Eric Britt, Jim Hunt, Bubba McAllister and Dean Sanders. Visitation is scheduled from 6:00 – 8:00 PM on Monday, July 19, 2010 at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Hwy., Tyler, Texas 75703. Memorials in honor of Jay Kimmey may be made to the Make –A-Wish Foundation, 214 Winchester, Suite 109, Tyler, Texas 75701; the Ronald McDonald House Charities, One Kroc Drive, Oak Brook, IL., 60523 or Grace Community School Annual Fund, 3001 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75701 . For more information or to express condolences, visit www.stewartfamilyfuneral.com.

Jay Kimmey

May 25, 1960 - July 16, 2010