Ryan and Mary both of Los Angeles, CA; five grandchildren, Alden and Ali Ryan, Taifa Kimbrough, Payton and Joshua;two sisters, Sylvia Scott Parker of Berkeley, CA and Mary Alice Bomar of Oakland, CA; and one Brother, Samuel of EI Cerrito, CA. Bro. Kimbrough, one of the first black dentist in San Diego, CA was born in Lexington, Mississippi on July 26, 1908. He was the third child of Sam and Martha Kimbrough. Bro. Kimbrough was educated in Alameda, CA and earned his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. Brother Kimbrough excelled in his work as a doctor of dental surgery after receiving his degree from the University of California, San Francisco and completed his studies in 1934. Later that year he received the third highest score in the state on his California dental board examinations. In addition to his membership in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Epsilon, Bro. Kimbrough was affiliated with the first Black dental and medical facility in San Diego, the first chapters of the San Diego Urban League and the NAACP, and served as president of both, the San Diego County Dental Society and the Southern California Dental Association as the first black dentist to become a member,the San Diego Clinical Hypnosis Society by helping to organize it to promote the use of hypnosis in dentistry, the San Diego Dental Seminar by offering postgraduate basic science teachings to dental professionals. Other honors included serving as the first Black editor for the San Diego County Dental Society Bulletin for practicing dentists, first Black president of the San Diego County Dental Society, and recipient of an honorary fellowship in 1962 from the American College of Dentists. Brother Kimbrough was appointed to the California State Board of Dental Examiners, later becoming their president in 1968 for a two year term. Dr. Kimbrough served on the Children's Home Society Board of Directors. As a
result of this his wife became the founder and first president of Las Munecas, an auxiliary to the Children's Home Society (an organization promoting the family adoption of Black and Latino children.) He participated in the Flying Samaritans, providing free medical services to remote villages in Baja, California. Brother Jerry Lee Martin was born the fourth of six children to Anthony and Mollie Kimball Martin, in Bryan, Texas, Brazos County. In 1927 he entered Cameron High School, Cameron, Texas, graduating first in a class of 46 in 1932. He attended Prairie View A & M College, September, 1932, graduating in 1936 as the most industrious student in his class. Brother Martin started to work for Prairie View immediately after graduation. In 1937 he began work on his M.S. degree as Kansas State Teachers College at Pittsburgh, which he completed in August, 1938. Upon returning to Prairie View, Bro. Martin worked the National Youth Administration for Negroes as State Director. From 1939 to 1943 prior to joining the Army, he moved to Philadelphia where he was employed at Cheney State College. Bro. Martin began his long and distinguished service career as a Medical Rehabilitation Officer for the Veterans Administration Hospital at Lyons, New Jersey. He was awarded numerous times for training excellence and personal growth and development, and he is one of the founders of the American Association of Rehabilitation Therapists.
Brother Martin was a member of Rho Lambda Chapter, and most recently Zeta Omicron Lambda Chapter. His duties included being a member of the Eastern Regional Staff, Editor of the Eastern Regional Newsletter, Eastern Regional Archives, Director of Publications, and Chairman of the Resolutions and Recommendations Committee. Bro. Martin was the 1973 recipient of the Eastern Regional Service Award and received much praise for "Thirty-five Years of Progressive Leadership, 1940-1975." He was the first of three generations of Alpha men. On the national level, Bro. Martin served as chairman of the Convention Committee on Resolutions and Recommendations, the Convention Committee on Recommendations and from 1969-72, Chairman of the National Election Commission. Brother Martin leaves to mourn his wife, Gwendolyn Llewellyn; two sons, Rowland Jerry, Sr., Washington, DC, and Jerry L., Jr., Randolph Township, NJ; two daughters, Rev. Joan Marie, Philadelphia, PA, and Janet Elaine Parker, Waretown, NJ; one grandson, Rowland Jr., Washington, DC; one son-in-law, Gary Parker, Waretown, NJ; three Brothers, John, Chicago, IL, Booker, Gary, IN, and Jessie, Bryan, TX; two sisters, Pearl Forward, Dallas, TX, and Francis Marion, Gary, IN; three sisters-in-law, and many nieces and nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.
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