Robert "Bob" Kemp

Robert "Bob" Kemp, 83, of Pine Bluff, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2016. Bob graduated from Texas A&M University, with a Bachelor of Science in animal husbandry in 1955. Bob loved training horses. He was a horseman first of all and a cowboy second. He was a judge for the American Quarter Horse Association, and judged horse shows all around the United States and Canada. His passion was team roping. In 1969, Bob went to work for the Arkansas Department of Health as a sanitarian. During his career with the Health Department system, Bob ended up as administrator of the Grant County Health Unit, from which he retired in 1999. He was an active member Good Faith-Carr United Methodist Church, and served on several committees, including his favorite, which was teaching the Unity Sunday school class. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 60 years, Jo Ann Kemp, on March 21, 2012; and a brother, Emery Lee Kemp. Survivors include his children, David Kemp (Trenna) and Tom Kemp and (Vivian), Donna O'Neal (Cotton); grandchildren, Christopher Kemp (Brittany), Jason Ross (Lauren), Matthew Ross (Chelsea), Cody Kemp, Ryan Kemp, Dylan Kemp, Matthew O'Neal (Anna), and Sarah O'Neal Hatcher (Cliff); great-grandchildren, Emerie Grace Ross, Judd Hickmon, along with three more "on the way'; and many other loving family and friends, including his best friend, Don Mann. Funeral services will be Wednesday, 11 a.m. at Fuller Hale-South Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be Tuesday, 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Unity Sunday school class at Good Faith-Carr United Methodist Church, 3703 Ryburn Road, Pine Bluff, Ark. 71603. For complete obituary information and online condolences, please visit FullerFunerals.com.