Joan Gates Kempel

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Joan Gates Kempel, age 75, resident of Lillian, passed away Friday, July 13, 2018.

She was a member of Bayside Baptist Church, Lillian, Alabama.

Joan was a former manager of Lillie Rubin, Birmingham, Alabama, Henig Furs, Mobile, Alabama, and a department manager of McRae's, Mobile, Alabama.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents, Emmett Gates, Wanda Powell; and a brother, Larry Powell.

She is survived by her husband, Gerald H. Kempel of Lillian; two daughters, Dr. Sherry A. (Ali) White of Pensacola, Shlynn (Bob) Curry of Hazel Green, Alabama; three stepdaughters, Angie (Al) Moltsau of Leesville, Louisiana, Victoria Amacher of Huntsville, Alabama, Heather (Josh) Hemming of Poway, California; two brothers, Jerry Rayford Gates of Jackson, Alabama, Bob Powell of Grove Hill, Alabama; one sister, Laura Few of Saraland; five grandchildren, Libby, Mackenzie, Phillip, Ryan, Jeremy; eight great-grandchildren; and other loving relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 11 a.m. at Bayside Baptist Church, Lillian, Alabama.

Interment will follow at Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Bayside Baptist Church, P.O. Box 533, Lillian, AL 36549, or Capstone Adaptive Learning and Therapy Centers, Pensacola, Florida.

Arrangements by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., 2551 S. McKenzie St., Foley, AL 36535, 251-943-2391, www.wolfefuneralhomes.com.