John William Kemp (1916 - 2000)

Born 29 Feb 1916 in Sharon, Weakley County, Tennessee, USA

Died 19 Jun 2000 at age 84 in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA

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John Kemp is buried in Shiloh Cemetery.

Biography

John William Kemp was born on Feb 29, 1916 in Sharon, Weakley, Tennessee, USA as the first child of Joe L Kemp and Young Allem.^[1] He had two siblings, namely: Annie K, and Joe E. He died on Jun 19, 2000 in Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, USA (Age at Death: 84).

When he was 60, he married Sara Elizabeth Harvey, daughter of John Calvin Harvey and Lydia M Clark, on Sep 09, 1976 (date on headstone).

John William Kemp was buried in Covington County, Mississippi, USA (Shiloh Cemetery).^[2]

Race: (White) John William Kemp lived in Sharon, Weakley, Tennessee, USA in 1920 (Age: 3; Age: 3 11/12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). He lived in Sharon, Weakley, Tennessee, USA in 1930 (Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). He served in the military between Feb 24, 1943–Jan 06, 1945 (Age: 26). ^[3] John William Kemp and Sara Elizabeth Harvey had no children.

Obituary

Laurel Leader-Call, Tuesday, June 27, 2000, p. 2-A

JOHN W. KEMP

John W. Kemp, 84, of Tallahassee, Fla., died Monday, June 19, 2000, in Tallahassee.

Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, at Shiloh Cemetery in Mt. Olive.

A retired truck driver, he was a member of First United Methodist Church in Laurel. He served in World War II and received the Purple Heart.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Sara Kemp.

He is survived by one son, Ronald T. Kemp of Tallahassee; one daughter, Barbara A. Murphy of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; one brother, Joe Kemp of Lansing, Mich.; one sister, Annie Katherine Knight of Austin, Texas; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins is in charge of arrangements.^[4]

Cemetery Project Research by Myrtis^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Source Information, Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007. Name: John William Kemp [John W Kemp] SSN: xxx Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 29 Feb 1916 Birth Place: Shearon Weak, Tennessee [Sharon, Tennessee] Father Name: Joe L Kemp Mother Name: Young Allem Death Date: 19 Jun 2000 Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Nov 1936: Name listed as JOHN WILLIAM KEMP; 01 Jul 2000: Name listed as JOHN W KEMP
2. ↑ See Findagrave - John William Kemp
3. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Ancestry.com, Record for John Kemp. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=VADeaths&h=4848240&indiv=try. TEXT: Name: John Kemp Gender: Male Birth Date: 29 Feb 1916 Death Date: 19 Jun 2000 SSN: xxx Branch 1: ARMY Enlistment Date 1: 24 Feb 1943 Release Date 1: 6 Jan 1945
4. ↑ Published Laurel Leader-Call, Tuesday, June 27, 2000, p. 2-A
5. ↑ Myrtis Bishop, January 18, 2015.

• Headstone
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPP8-L26 : 19 May 2014), John W Kemp, 19 Jun 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMFZ-TX2 : 5 December 2014), John W Kemp, enlisted 24 Feb 1943, Toledo, Ohio, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP75-56Z : 8 December 2015), John W Kemp in entry for Joe Kemp, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN5R-NMK : 14 December 2015), John Kemp in household of Joe Kemp, Sharon, Weakley, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,771.