John Dyer Trimble Jr. was born in El Dorado, Strong County, Arkansas, on May 6, 1931.
Trimble attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and Southwestern University in Memphis, Tennessee, before transferring to the University of Arkansas. He earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1953.
Trimble returned to his hometown to manage his father's oil interests after graduation. He and his sisters formed Trimble Properties, which became an oil exploration and development company.
Trimble served on the First National Bank of El Dorado Board of Directors until 2000. He was on the Lyon College board of trustees for twelve years.
Trimble passed away on March 30, 2017.
#1: Composite image of early photo of John D. Trimble Jr. and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: John D. Trimble Jr.'s great-grandfather, John Dyer Trimble, 1816-1863
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#3: John D. Trimble Jr.'s great-grandmother, Adelia Neal Trimble, 1821-1889
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#4: John D. Trimble Jr.'s grandfather, John D. Trimble II, 1851-1897
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#5: John D. Trimble Jr.'s father-in-law, James Earl Berry, in France during World War I
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#6: John D. Trimble Jr.'s father, John Dyer Trimble Sr.
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#7: John D. Trimble Jr.'s family business partner, O. C. Bailey
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#8: Picture taken at an oil field, El Dorado, Arkansas
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#9: John D. Trimble Jr.'s father, John Trimble Sr. (3rd from right) at an oil field; detail from previous image, El Dorado, Arkansas
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#10: John D. Trimble Jr. with his sisters, Bettie Sue, Lillie Jean, and Mary, ca. 1932
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#11: John D. Trimble Jr., 1933
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#12: John D. Trimble Jr., ca. 1935
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#13: John D. Trimble Jr. with his sister, Mary
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#14: John D. Trimble Jr. (2nd from left) with his sisters, Colorado, 1937
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#15: John D. Trimble Jr. with his father, John D. Trimble Sr., Wrigley Field, ca. 1938
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#16: John D. Trimble Jr.'s parents, John Sr. and Lena, Davidson College, 1941
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#17: John D. Trimble Jr. with his parents, John Sr. and Lena Trimble
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#18: John D. Trimble Jr.'s Father, John D. Trimble Sr.
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#19: John D. Trimble Jr.'s wife, Robin Berry Trimble, about 18 years old, by C. J. Fox
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#20: John D. Trimble Jr. with Robin Berry Trimble on their wedding day, Trimble residence, El Dorado, Arkansas, June 1955
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#21: John D. and Robin Trimble with his sisters and their husbands: (from left) Mary Trimble Maier and John L. Maier Jr.; Robin Berry Trimble and John D. Trimble Jr.; unknown man at next table; Jack P. Mabray and Bettie Trimble Mabray; T. Arnold Turner Jr. and Jean Trimble Turner; the Blue Room at the Roosevelt, New Orleans, ca. 1957
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#22: John D. Trimble Jr.'s nieces, nephews, and children: (on floor) Marilyn Maier Fincher, (seated from left) Nancy Cooper Maier, Susan Turner McMillan, Mary Amanda Mabray Hardwick, John D. Trimble V, John Trimble Mabray, Mary Elizabeth Turner Cox, and Elizabeth Trimble, (standing from left) Melinda Mabray Wright, Rebecca Goodwin Turner, Thomas A. Turner III, John L. Maier III, and Jack Patton Mabray Jr.; ca. 1961
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#23: John D. Trimble Jr. (standing, 5th from left) at a family reunion, 1965
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#24: John D. Trimble Jr. (top row on right) with the First National Bank board of directors, El Dorado, Arkansas, 1982
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#25: John D. Trimble Jr.
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#26: John D. Trimble Jr. with three other generations of his family
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#27: John D. Trimble Jr. with his French bulldog
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#28: An invitation to a Trimble family reunion at the Trimble House, Washington, Arkansas, 1992
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#29: Trimble House built in 1847; Washington, Arkansas, ca. 1900
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#30: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interivew with John D. Trimble Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#31: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interivew with John D. Trimble Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#32: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interivew with John D. Trimble Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#33: Still frame from Pyror Center video interview with John D. Trimble Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#34: Still frame from Pyror Center video interview with John D. Trimble Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#35: Still frame from Pyror Center video interview with John D. Trimble Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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