Mrs. Hazel Palmer Kemp, 89, died Thursday, February 20, 2014, at Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, February 22nd, at Harmony Baptist Church, with Rev. Jerry Lundy officiating. Visitation will be Friday from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at Porter Funeral Home. Interment will be in Harmony Cemetery.
Mrs. Kemp was born August 18, 1924, in Winston County, Mississippi. She was a homemaker and a former employee of Spartus Corp. She was a member of Harmony Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Kemp; and her parents, Amzonia and Carlos A. Palmer.
She is survived by a daughter, Charlotte Ann (Maurice) Clay of Louisville; two sons, Danny (Pam) Kemp and Terry (Cathy) Kemp, both of Starkville; 7 grandchildren, Joe Clay, Susan Jackson, Daniel Kemp, Angie Kemp Banks, Emily Lesley, Edward Kemp, and Elizabeth Kemp; and 14 great grandchildren.
