Orange County FlArchives Obituaries.....Kemp, Bessie Lee ( Hinson ) Pirkle October 6, 1971
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"The Orlando Sentinel"
Orlando, Orange Co., Florida

Friday, October 8, 1971

pg. 4-B

Mrs. W. R. Kemp Dies; Promoter At Coliseum

MRS. BESSIE LEE KEMP, 1640 N. Orange Ave., who for the past 35 years with her 
husband, William R. Kemp, owned and operated Kemp's Coliseum in Orlando, died 
Wednesday.

The Coliseum for many years was the scene of dances, shows, wrestling matchs, 
boxing matches and other attractions promoted by Mr. and Mr.s Kemp.

Mrs. Kemp was born in Hazlehurst, Ga. (Jeff Davis Co.), and came to Orlando 48 
years ago.  She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Orlando.

Survivors in addition to her husband are daughters, Mrs J. K. Parker and Mrs. 
J. F. Applebee; son, P. H. Pirkle, Orlando; sisters, Mrs. Idelle Daniels, 
Waycross, Ga., Mrs. Maude Bragg, Hazlehurst, and Mrs. Addie Mae McEachern, St. 
Petersburg; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Fairchild Funeral Home.

Additional Comments:

Daughter of James Frank Hinson and Nancy (Lott) Hinson.

Married 1st to Lemuel Pinkney Pirkle, MD on November 19, 1907 in Hazlehurst, 
Jeff Davis Co., Georgia.  He died ca 1918-1919 during the Influenza Epidemic.
They were the parents of Paul Hinson Pirkle and Mildred Idella (Pirkle) Olsen.

She married 2nd to William Roan Kemp in 1921.  They were the parents of 
Elizabeth "Addielynne" (Kemp) Parker and Gwendolyn "Portia" (Kemp) Applebee 
Funderburk.

Buried at Greenwood Cemetery Annex - Orlando, Orange Co., Florida.


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