Reverend Fred Javin KIRBY

1926 - 2008  (82 years)

• Name	Fred Javin KIRBY  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Reverend
  Birth	1926	Timmonsville, Florence County, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Education	he was a graduate of Free Will Baptist College in Nashville, Tennessee
  HIST	of Camden, South Carolina Posted on Sun, Jul. 06, 2008 Rev. Fred J. Kirby CAMDEN — Funeral services for Rev. Fred Javin Kirby, 82, will be held Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Bethesda Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Benny Wadford and Rev. Rusty Conyers will officiate. The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Sunday at Powers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the National Alzheimer Foundation. Rev. Kirby died, July 05, 2008. Born in Timmonsville, S.C., he was a son of the late Aught Kirby and Anna Carraway Kirby. He was a 1953 graduate of Free Will Baptist College in Nashville, Tenn. He served in the United States Navy during WW II and was a gunner’s mate on the USS Cassin Young in the Pacific Theater. He retired as pastor of Bethesda Free Will Baptist Church in Camden and was very instrumental in establishing Free Will Baptist Churches in Oklahoma and South Carolina. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Joyce Cook Kirby; sons, David (Debra) Kirby of Broken Arrow, Okla., and Charles W. (Kimberly) Brown of Columbia; daughters, Anna (George) Helms of Anderson, S.C., and Linda Gail (Keith) Morgan of Springfield, Tenn.; sister, Darlene Weathersby of Sumter, S.C.; and 12 grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife, Clemmie Heath Kirby. Sign the online register at www.powersfuneralhome.net   [1, 2]
  MILI	he served in the United States Navy during World War II and was a gunner’s mate on the USS Cassin Young in the Pacific Theater  [2]
  Occupation	he retired as pastor of Bethesda Free Will Baptist Church in Camden, Camden, South Carolina  [2]
  _UID	ED994165BA8A45B58B0A477F025B472A93BF
  Death	5 Jul 2008
  Burial	7 Jul 2008	services were held at Bethesda Free Will Baptist Church   [2]
  	Powers Funeral Home
  Person ID	I180368	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2011

  
  

  Father	Aught KIRBY   d. Bef 5 Jul 2008
  Mother	Anna CARRAWAY   d. Bef 5 Jul 2008
  _UID	805A770C5808483EA4EF401CE01F11C80A56
  _UID	805A770C5808483EA4EF401CE01F11C80A56
  Family ID	F59565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Clemmie HEATH
  _UID	EFEFD9D19B0A43ECB7DDBA707CC7DCF42D48
  _UID	EFEFD9D19B0A43ECB7DDBA707CC7DCF42D48
  Family ID	F152546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Joyce COOK
  Marriage	1980  [2]
  _UID	A65DD5725BFA4754A89AA0F8A700EACC7149
  _UID	A65DD5725BFA4754A89AA0F8A700EACC7149
  Children	1. David KIRBY   2. Charles W. BROWN
  Family ID	F122573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2008

  
  

• Sources

  [S6912] Merlene K. Moore. [S10785] Rev. Fred J. Kirby. [S16826] Darlene K. Weathersbee.