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Full Name: |
Kenneth Kimberlin Brimer |
AKA: |
Kim |
Location: |
Section:Patriots' Hill, Section 1 (A) Row:F Number:13 |
Reason for Eligibility: |
Member, Texas Senate; Member, Texas House of Representatives; Member, Brazos River Authority |
Birth Date: |
March 5, 1945 |
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| BRIMER, KIM (1945 ~ ). The following is a biography for former State Senator Kim Brimer. The biography was provided by Senator Brimer.
State Senator Kenneth Kimberlin 'Kim' Brimer, Jr. Former Texas State Senator Kenneth Kimberlin 'Kim' Brimer, Jr. was born March 5, 1945, in Houston, Texas. A fifth-generation Texan who served the families of Tarrant County in both the Texas Senate and Texas House of Representatives from 1989 - 2008. His family roots include notables George Campbell Childress, the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence, John B. Connally Jr., the 38th Governor of the State of Texas, and John Nance Garner IV, 32nd Vice President of the U. S. and General Robert E. Lee, CSA. He married Janna Kay (Patton) Brimer. The Brimer’s were blessed with five children, all college graduates and ten grandchildren. Senator Brimer is a former collegiate scholarship football player and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Stephen F. Austin State University. Brimer has also served in the U. S. Air Force Reserve and Texas Air National Guard where he received an Honorable Discharge in 1975. As a businessman he established and was President of American Insurance Agency, Inc. which he sold in 2001 after a 26-year career in which he carried a Certified Insurance Counselor designation. CIVIC & COMMUNITY SERVICE
Past Director, Brazos River Authority * Past President, Independent Insurance Agents of Tarrant County
Past Director, First United Bank of Southwest Arlington * Past Director, Arlington West Rotary Club
Past Board Member, Tarrant County Convention Center * Texas Chapter of Certified Insurance Counselors
Past member, Tarrant County Commissioners Court Task Force 2000 * Past Officer, Arlington Republican Club
Past President, Southwest Republican Club of Ft. Worth * Past Chairman, Administrative Board United Methodist
Church of the Covenant * Class favorite, Graduate Class, Stephen F. Austin State University 1968
Alumnus of the Year 1982, Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, Texas Eta Chapter * Past Board Member, Longhorn Council,
Boy Scouts of America * Past Board Member, Senior Citizen Services of Tarrant County * Founder, Tarrant County
Regional Mobility Council * Past Executive Committee member, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl *
Past Chairman, Palo Pinto County Historical Commission * Past Member, Downtown Ft Worth Rotary Club
Past member, The Ft Worth Club * Past member, The Austin Club * Past Member, Texas Deer Association
Member, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution * Past Palo Pinto County Grand Jurist
Member of VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars * Member of the American Legion * Past Member, Sons of the Confederate Veterans
Member, Sons of The Republic of Texas * Member, Descendants of The Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780 *
Member, General Society of the War of 1812 * Member, Order of the Second World War
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