James Morton Kimball

1959 - 2001  (42 years)

• Name	James Morton Kimball
  Birth	27 Apr 1959
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 May 2001	Florida Gulf Coast
  Person ID	I54467	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2007

  
  

  Father	Paul Earle Kimball,   b. 19 Nov 1916, Cornell, Ill. d. 22 Jul 1989, Indianapolis, Ind (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Margaret Buchanan Morton,   b. 1 May 1917, Illinois d. 1 Jan 2005, Indianapolis, Indiana (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F22876	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1
  Family ID	F22768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2009

  
  

  Family 2
  Family ID	F22769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 1 May 2001 - Florida Gulf Coast  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  James Morton Kimball 1959-2001 was a firefighter with the Alpharetta, Ga fire department for three years when he and a fellow firefighter, Eli Nichols, were lost at sea.   The two firefighters didn't return from their day of fishing on the Gulf of Mexico, and were reported missing. Hundreds of Coast Guard, police and fire personnel, including fellow firefighters from Alpharetta, searched a 40,000 square mile area for more than 80 hours, looking for their 18-foot bass boat. Finally, after four days their capsized boat and bodies were discovered. Both Kimball and Nichols had died from hypothermia.   Resources: Newspaper Articles remembering James Kimball For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site