Asa Elster Kemp Sr.

FROM THE CARTHAGE COURIER CARTHAGE, TN THURSDAY 26 JUN 1969

Transcribed by Fred and Elaine Brown Ryan

Kemp, Asa Elster Sr. 1890-1969

Asa E. Kemp, Sr. - Mr. Kemp, well-known Farmer and Livestock Dealer of the Kempville and Difficult Community, passed away Monday, June 23. Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 25 at the Hackett Funeral Home, Kempville, at 2:30 p.m., with the Rev. Otis Johnson, Sammy Cherry, Arnett Gregory and Okla Hooper, officiating. Burial was in the Family cemetery.

Mr. Kemp was a veteran of World War I and was a member of the Hickory Grove Methodist Church. He was the Son of the late John and Virgie Allen Kemp. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Sallie Mai Kemp; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Anderson, Route 1, Carthage, Mrs. James Monday, Goodlettsville; three sons, J.B. and Asa Kemp Jr. of Route 1, Carthage, Dewey Kemp, Lafayette; one sister, Mrs. Henry Jones, Route 1, Carthage; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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