Bettye Kimbrell (born November 22, 1936) is a master folk artist for quilting, and one of the charter members of the North Jefferson Quilter's Guild in Mount Olive, Alabama.

[4] Kimbrell grew up with her father and grandparents on a farm in Fayette County, Alabama in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

[6] In the 1960s a friend gave her name to Loveman's Department Store in Birmingham for directing customers to get their quilts finished.

[1] In the early 1970s Kimbrell won her first blue ribbon for quilting and describes this event as the "spark that lit the fire".

[1] In 1979 Kimbrell organized a quilt show for the Mount Olive community center, and out of this event came the North Jefferson Quilter's Guild.