Keith Kimble grew up in Pendleton County and was the son of the late John A. and Wilda R. Kimble.  He is a 1973 graduate of Franklin High School, a 1975 graduate of Potomac State College and a March 1977 graduate of Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.  After graduation, he returned to his hometown and opened Kimble Funeral Home in 1977.  In 1998, he established a branch funeral home in Paw Paw.  He is a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, and has served in all offices of the WV Funeral Directors Association. He is past president of the Franklin Lions Club and the Franklin Ruritan Club.  He is a member of the Pendleton Masonic Lodge #144 A.F. & A.M., Scottish Rite of Freemasonry 32 degree in Wheeling, the Osiris Shrine Temple (A.A.O.N.M.S.) of Wheeling and Valley Shrine Club in Harrisonburg, VA.  Keith has provided services to families and his community for over 30 years.