She was born June 21, 1943, in the Bliss community of Adair County, to the late Owen and Marie Emma Rogers Kemp and also preceded in death by her brother, George Rayburn Kemp.
Ernestine loved watching the Adair County Indians, University of Kentucky Wildcats and the Adair County Band. She was a member and piano player at the Gradyville United Methodist Church, a former factory worker at several different sewing factories and retired from the Adair County School System where she was a cook at ACHS.
Survivors include:
Two sons – Doyle Lloyd and his wife Carolee of Columbia, Jeff Lloyd and his wife Heather of Chicago, Illinois
Two daughters – Cynthia Mann and Teresa Ballou both of Columbia
One sister – Jean Wheeler and her husband Lewis of Columbia
11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren
Several other relatives and friends
Funeral service – Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 2:00 P.M. at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home with Bro. Chris Wilcoxson officiating
Burial in Columbia Cemetery
Visitation after 11:00 A.M. Saturday
Casket Bearers: Todd Wheeler, Zachary Ballou, Chris Lloyd, Dale Mann, Scott Burton, Scott Reliford
Grissom-Martin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements