Gerald Kemp Fincher

REV. GERALD KEMP FINCHER, 84, an ordained United Methodist minister in Arkansas, went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ on March 22, 2014. He was born in Waldo, Ark. on October 26, 1929 to Grady Lee Fincher and Lois Blake Fincher. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 62 years, Julia Ann Keith Fincher; and his brother, Major Donald Blake Fincher of the Air Force. He is survived by his son, Larry Robert Fincher, DDS, his wife Patricia and grandsons Matthew and Michael Fincher of Conway; his daughter, Janet Fincher McDowell, her husband Joe and granddaughters Jennifer and Melissa McDowell of Little Rock; his brother Grady Glen Fincher and his wife Martha Hutson Fincher of Fayetteville; his sister-in-law Phena D. Fincher of Prescott; and his brother-in-law Gerald Keith and his wife Cledra of Camden, Ark. A memorial service will be held at St. James United Methodist Church in Little Rock on April 12 at 11 a.m. with Rev. John P. Miles and Rev. Seigfried Johnson officiating.