Jimmie Kerr (above), seen in a 2023 photo receiving an award from Pinal County Supervisor Steve Miller, is being remembered as a dedicated community leader after he passed away Nov. 19, 2024 at the age of 90.
He first took a seat on the Casa Grande City Council in 1963 and after one term toggled between the offices of mayor and county supervisor for nearly 40 years, finishing his last term on the Board of Supervisors in 2004. A stretch of the former AZ-84 was renamed for him by the City and County in 1998.
“Long before there was the internet, he was out in the public every day visiting with the public. How better to know what the community was thinking than to engage with his customer,” Miller said.
