Parker County Today July 2015 | Page 86

PROUDLY SERVING THE DFW METROPLEX AND BEYOND FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS 220 North University Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76107 817-332-5258 Open Monday Thru Saturday 7 am – 5:30 pm TRECTX.NET JULY 2015 PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY Family Owned and Operated Since 1957 84 Greene’s Florist 701 N. Main ~ Weatherford, TX 76086 817-594-2733 He is both the reigning CBR and PRCA World Champion. Kimzey said, “This year has really picked up where I left off last year. It started out slow, but I got my feet back under me after San Antonio.” At 20, he has set records with the titles he’s won as well as breaking the PRCA record for most money won on a permit in a single season. “It’s pretty crazy to reach the pinnacle of my career at such a young age. I left as a 19-year-old kid and in a year I did what very few ever accomplish. It was a dream come true, it really was,” he said. With his winnings he purchased 40 head of cattle, a house and a motor home to travel in. “It’s fun being out on the road. It’s tough leaving home for such a long period of time,” Kimzey said. Lucky for him he has understanding parents with a rodeo history of their own. His mother was a barrel racer and rodeo queen and his dad rode bulls and bucking horses in college. He was also a PRCA barrelman who protected bullriders