Mary Jane Snoddy Kemp
Transcribed by Judith Kemp
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Kemp, Mary Jane Snoddy 1852 - 1929
Mrs. Mary Kemp Dies At Home
of Daughter
Mrs. Mary Kemp died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
J. L. Russell, in
had been in declining health for the past several months,
but her final illness
kept her confined to the bed the last three weeks. She was
77 years of age
and had been a member of the Primitive Baptist church for
21 years, her
church membership being at Friendship.
Mrs. Kemp spent practically all of her life in the
Defeated Creek
community. Some years ago she moved to
Russell with whom she resided, who looked after her with
utmost care and
tenderness all the while. In September 1868, Mrs. Kemp was
married to
Robert Kemp, who preceded her to the grave a few days
more than five
months years ago, he having died on Dec. 23, 1928
1923.
Before marriage she was Miss Mary Jane Snoddy, and was
a quiet
unassuming woman who devoted her love and attention to her home
duties.
She was loved and highly respected by all her
neighbors and a large list of
friends, all of whom extend deepest sympathy to the family in
their bereave-
ment. She is survived by one child, Mrs. J. L. Russell, one
granddaughter,
Grace Bates, and one great-granddaughter,
Miss Pauline Bates.
Funeral services were conducted at the residence Wednesday
morning
by Rev. E. S. Frye of Brush Creek, assisted by Rev.
Bunyan Smith and
Rev. J. L. Smotherman of
Cemetery where the remains were laid to rest beside
her departed husband.
The floral offerings were very numerous and beautiful,
and in a measure
marked the high esteem in which Mrs. Kemp was held. Among
those out of
town who were in
and daughter Majorie, Mrs. Lee
Duke, Mrs. Bob Hearn and daughter,
Josephine of
Old
Joe Snoddy and Mrs. Samantha Snoddy
of near
relatives and friends from Hickman and Gordonsville attended
the funeral.
Transcriber’s Notes:
* Mrs. Mary Snoddy Kemp’s
husband was Robert Harvey Kemp, son
of Beverly S. Kemp, grandson of Jinks Kemp and great
grandson of Murphy Kemp.
Her daughter was her & Robert’s only child, Ollie
Lee Kemp Russell,
Mrs. Jeff L. Russell. Jeff died March 21, 1923 and
Ollie died April 01, 1942.
Grace Russell Bates was married to Roy Melvin Bates
Dec. 31, 1914.
died Dec. 01, 1918 of double pneumonia after having the
influenza during the
epidemic.
Grace Russell Bates was instrumental in the
organization of the Capt. Henry
W. Hart chapter of the United Daughters of The
Confederacy. Her signature
is on my grandmother’s charter member certificate in
1928. Her mother,
Ollie Lee Kemp Russell, claimed Sampson Dixon Kemp as
her ancestor
when she joined the U.D.C.. Sampson D. Kemp was the
brother of
S. Kemp and the uncle of Robert Harvey Kemp & died
during the
another brother, Ellis B. Kemp removed to with his wife
Elizabeth Pankey
and their children. Ellis was murdered for helping the
Confederate Cause.
An out of town couple described as Mr. & Mrs. Tom
Kemp were Tom T. &
Florence Duke Kemp. Their daughter Marjorie attended
the funeral with them
and told me several years ago that the farm, where the
Defeated Memorial
Gardens now resides, once belonged to her father and
the first to be interred
there was her baby sister who died while they lived there
before moving to
Asa Kemp, & great
grandson of Burrell Kemp Jr. the brother of Jinks Kemp.
Tom T. & my grandfather, Carcie Allen Kemp, were
first cousins and were
partners in a Chevrolet dealership in
a son Otis who joined him as partner some time after
the war. Otis was
Mayor of