Mary Lillian Kemp Strickland

January 15, 1929 - January 20, 2015

Mrs. Mary Lillian Kemp Strickland age 86, of McClures Bend in Defeated, TN, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, TN. Mrs. Strickland was born January 15, 1929 in Nashville, TN, the daughter of the late, Edgar McKinnley Kemp and Sallie Belle High Kemp Cornwell. She married James Clark Strickland on November 10, 1945 in Franklin, KY, and he preceded her in death on June 2, 1992 after Forty-Six years of marriage. Mary was also preceded in death by Son; Robert Clark Strickland, Brother; Edgar McKinnley Kemp, Jr. and Three Sisters; Dorothy Kemp, Naomi Kemp Redd, and Ruby Lee Kemp Goodwin. Mrs. Strickland was a member of the Hickory Grove United Methodist Church. Mrs. Strickland is survived by Daughter; Sallie Strickland Tallent and her husband Mike of Franklin, NC. Two Sons; Charles Strickland and his wife Melissa of White House, TN, and Walter Strickland and Elloise Keith of Bloomington Springs, TN. One Brother; James William Kemp of Gallatin, TN, and Nine Grandchildren and Eighteen Great-Grandchildren also survive. Funeral Services for Mrs. Strickland are scheduled to be conducted Friday, January 23, 2015 at 1PM from the Chapel of Bass Funeral Home, Carthage, with Grandson-In-Law, Pastor Greg Rogers officiating. Interment will follow in the Defeated Creek Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the Strickland family will be held from the Chapel of Bass Funeral Home, Carthage on Thursday from 5PM to 8PM and on Friday from 12 Noon until service time at 1PM. In lieu of flowers, the Strickland Family requests that memorial contributions be made to Upper Cumberland Hospice or the Shriners Hospital. BASS FUNERAL HOME, CARTHAGE CHAPEL, DIRECTORS.