Newel Wesley Kemp

Newel Wesley Kemp, 81, of Clifty, Ark., died Oct. 28, 2016 at the Veterans Heathcare System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, Ark. He was born Jan. 7, 1935 at Throckmorton, Texas, the son of Andrew Jackson "Jack" and Jimmie Carroll Kemp. He was a retired heavy equipment operator, a United States Marine Corps veteran and a former member of the Clifty Volunteer Fire Department and the Board of the Lone Star Community Building. Survivors include: his wife, Carlene Burk Kemp of the home; four sons and three daughters-in-law, Tony Kemp of Memphis, Tenn., Terry and Suzanna Kemp of Rogers, Ark., Ricky and Brandi Kemp and Robert and Sarah Kemp, all of Bentonville, Ark.; four daughters and sons-in-law, Elizabeth and Greg Bowen of Garfield, Ark., Christina and Robert Forks of Liberal, Kan., Cynthia and Billy Davis of Rogers, Ark., and Emily and Dustin Rickert of Prairie Grove, Ark.; two step-sons and step-daughters-in-laws, Carl Wayne and Debbie Martin of Marble, Ark., and Charles and Iris Martin of Bella Vista, Ark.; one step-daughter, Linda Fowler of Huntsville, Ark.; one sister, Pearl Elizabeth Thomas of Fort Worth, Texas; twenty-two grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31, in the chapel of Brashears Funeral Home with The Reverend Butch Bolinger officiating. Interment will be in the Clifty Cemetery under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home www.brashearsfuneralhome.net of Huntsville, Ark. Pallbearers will be: Jeremy Miller, Elmer Lee Robertson, Tom Polston, Ray Rogers, Jose Vasquez and Steve Bohannan. Honorary pallbearers will be: Odeal Treat, Jerry Robertson, Darlene Knight, Gerald Thomas, Billy Kirk and Ted Beaty. The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. on Sunday at Brashears.