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Portrait of David Odell Kemp
In Loving Memory

David Odell Kemp

November 17, 1945 – May 1, 2022
Lived 76 years
Henry Cemetery · Cornith, Mississippi
"I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family -- and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually." - Frank Sinatra
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David passed away on Sunday, May 1st, 2022, peacefully with his beloved wife Linda and their children by his side.

David had retired from his law practice at Kemp Lydick & Associates. He was a talented musician and singer, a lifelong student, loved spending time with his children and grandchildren, and dancing with his wife.

David was preceded in death by his parents, Howard and Lois Kemp; one brother Louis Kemp, one sister Marjorie Boucher, and his daughter, Laura Alvarado.

At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife Linda Kemp; 3 children Rebecca Parks and her husband Steve, Keri Taylor and her husband Ted, and Howard Kemp and his wife Jennifer; 9 grandchildren, Michael, Landon, Hudson, Teddy, Ashland, Gage, David, Ava & Valerie; and 1 great-grandson Knox.

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1945
Born November 17
1946
David was 1 when "It's a Wonderful Life" opened in theaters
1958
David was 13 when Jack Kilby demonstrated the first integrated circuit in Dallas
1969
David was 24 when "Sesame Street" debuted
1974
David was 29 when Dallas/Fort Worth Airport opened for passenger service
1989
David was 44 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1998
David was 53 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2004
David was 59 when Facebook was launched
2015
David was 70 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2020
David was 75 when Frisco passed 200,000 residents
2022
Passed away May 1, age 76
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