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    1. [TNSMITH] Need Obituary for Mrs. R. (Robert) Lester Kemp
    2. G.J.Pace
    3. Can anyone supply the rest of this obituary, including the publication ID, publication location & publication date? Mrs. R. (Robert) Lester Kemp Pleasant Shade, Tenn. May 16, 1929 Kemp, Florence Matthews 1893-1929 After an illness of several weeks, Mrs. Florence Kemp, 36, died Sunday night at a Nashville Hospital where she had been a patient for some time. She was stricken with flu and pneumonia early this year and complications developed. Surviving are her husband, R. Lester Kemp, a farmer of this place; five daughters, Elizabeth, Adelle, Ione, Eula Hart, and Etoyle Kemp; her father, the Rev. T.W. Matthews, a prominent Baptist minister of the Kempville community; one brother, Tom Matthews of Louisiana, one sister, Mrs. Gillie Payne of Difficult; two half-brothers, Elijah Matthews of Riddleton, and Henry Matthews of Rough Point, and four half-sisters, Mrs. Mattie Farrish of Little Rock, Ark., Mrs. Minnie Kittrell of Difficult, Mrs. Hattie Matthews and Mrs. Bertha Goad, both of Wellston, Okla. Burial was conducted late Monday afternoon in the family graveyard near Difficult with funeral services conducted by Rev. Calvin Gregory in the presence of a large audience. Mrs. Kemp was a devoted member of (clipping is cut off) Thank you, Gary Pace

    04/02/2010 10:42:12