Judy Gail Hosford Kemp, 74, of Paris, died Friday, January 20, 2023, at the Henry County Medical Center.
Born Friday, August 13, 1948, in Paris, she was the daughter of the late Calvin Leon Hosford and the late Betty Crick Hosford.
Judy was a 1966 graduate of Cottage Grove School.
She formerly worked at Tecumseh for 36 plus years and was a waitress for Redmon’s BBQ and several other restaurants in Paris.
Judy enjoyed watching Tennessee Volunteer football games, and games that Peyton Manning played in. Bowling, playing word games on the computer, reading, and fishing were hobbies of hers. Prior to her husband’s death, she loved the time spent with him riding their Harley-Davidson. Judy was Baptist in faith.
She married Stanley “Odie” Kemp Friday, November 26, 1976, who preceded her death. In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by her father-in-law: Jim Kemp; her mother-in-law: Ruth Kemp; a sister-in-law: Lisa Kemp; two brothers-in-law: James Harold Linsman and Curtis Petty, Sr.
She is survived by three children: Jennifer (Jeremy Thompson) Scarborough, of Springville, Tennessee, Jackey (Dawn) Sanders, of Hampton, Virginia, and Jason Sanders, of Paris; three sisters: Ruthie Linsman, of McKenzie, Tennessee, Kathy Petty, of Paris, Tennessee, and Vickie Beauvais, of Paris; one brother: Richard (Wayne Oken) Hosford, of Pompano Beach, Florida; a sister-in-law: Wanda (Jeff) Muse, of Paris, Tennessee; five grandchildren: Bryan Clayton, Secret (Jay) Odom, Tyler (Chris) Norris, Dakota “Cody” (Zena) Sanders, and Tara Scott; and two great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are being handled by Ridgeway Funeral Home, 201 Dunlap Street/PO Box 788, Paris, Tennessee, 38242.
Memorial visitation will be Thursday, January 26, 2023, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Ridgeway Funeral Home, with the memorial service to begin at 6 p.m. at Ridgeway Funeral Home, with Mike Wimberley officiating.