“Just horrific,” Guenther said. “She’s the kindest person.”<\/p>\n
Guenther says Kimbrell hasn’t been able to work much, and has been in and out of the hospital.<\/p>\n
She says Kimbrell doesn’t have health insurance, so she’s not able to get the treatment she needs.<\/p>\n
What they’re saying:<\/p>\n
“She’s always been precious and always will be,” Guenther said. “She’s amazing. She spread so much love and laughter. She’s just the spirit of O’Maddy’s.”<\/p>\n
Kimbrell is known for her spirit and her close relationships with the staff and her customers.<\/p>\n
“I was in college down the road and lived\u00a0right around that corner,” Molly Buckler said. ” So, we used to just walk here for happy hours, and she instantly became the reason why we kept coming back.”<\/p>\n
Buckler says 15 years later, Kimbrell has become one of her closest friends.<\/p>\n
“She shows up even when you don’t know you need her to,” Buckler said. “You know, she’s just, she’s there with bells, whistles and the strongest cocktail.”<\/p>\n
Buckler says she was helping Kimbrell plan an event recently, when she learned about her cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n
“She came over to pick up the cupcakes and as we were hugging goodbye, she said, ‘I have cancer,\u2019” Buckler said. “And I was like, ‘What?'”<\/p>\n
Buckler says Kimbrell is usually the person who helps others.<\/p>\n
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“You never think like, ‘What if I don’t get to see my best friend again?'” Buckler said. “‘What if this is the last time we get to spend time together?’ Like, ‘What if this is the last conversation we have?'”<\/p>\n
What you can do:<\/p>\n
The team at O’Maddy’s is hosting ‘Jammin’ for Jenn’ from Dec. 5\u20137. The money raised will go towards Kimbrell’s medical care.<\/p>\n
“She always puts her needs last, and it’s time for someone to prioritize her needs, and it’s got to be all of us,” Buckler said.<\/p>\n
The bar will have live music, raffles, giveaways and auctions throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n
Staff is also raising money for Kimbrell medical treatment at O’Maddy’s and online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Source: Information for this story was provided by the co-owner of O’Maddy’s Bar & Grille and a friend of Jenn Kimbrell.<\/p>\n Pinellas County<\/a>Restaurants<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GULFPORT, Fla. – A popular bar in Gulfport is rallying behind one of its employees. The backstory: O’Maddy’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[47,4451,555,115,1157,687,202,204,203,199,201,200,628],"class_list":["post-63055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-fl","tag-food-drink","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-pinellas","tag-restaurants","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}