Mr. Robert Key Kemp, age 79, of the Kenny’s Bend Community at Rock City, died Wednesday evening, July 11, at Riverview Regional in Carthage.
He is survived by: wife, Mary Belle Thompson Kemp; children, David Kemp of Riddleton and Kim Kemp Davis and husband Don of Hendersonville; 2 granddaughters, Emmy and Michelle Davis of Hendersonville; brother, John M. Kemp Sr. and wife Jammie of Flatrock; sister, Sally Kemp Pharris and husband Ed of Red Boiling Springs; aunt, Ruth Kemp Anderson of Carthage.
Mr. Kemp is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home where a Masonic Chapel Service will be conducted on Friday evening, July 13, at 5:00 PM by the Difficult Masonic Lodge #451 F & AM . Family and friends will assemble on Saturday morning at Ridgewood Cemetery at 11:00 AM for a graveside service and interment. Bro. Jimmy Gregory will officiate.
Visitation will be on Friday afternoon from 3:00 PM until 8:00 PM.
The family has requested memorials to the Shriners Childrens Hospitals.