Robert Hemphill
Posted: March 4, 2011
WEST POINT — Robert David Hemphill, 55, died March 1, 2011, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point. Graveside services are Saturday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Dale Funderburg officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in West Point. Visitation is Saturday from 10 a.m.-10:45 a.m. at the funeral home. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Hemphill was born Dec. 1, 1955, in West Point to Arthur Robert Hemphill and the late Mary Ruth Bedford Hemphill. He was a truck driver and a member of First Baptist Church. In addition to his father, he is survived by wife, Tobie Brown Hemphill of West Point; son, Robert Michael Hemphill of West Point; sisters, Nancy Hemphill Taylor of Tupelo, and Carol Hemphill Vest of Jacksonville, Fla.; and one grandson. Pallbearers are Justin Klutts, Terry Pitts, James Beatty, Nathan Sinko, Jackie Stovall and Pete Portera. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 8217, Jackson, MS 39284-8217.