Loni Snow Tanksley Kemp, 84, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 in a local care center.

She was a native of Blairsville, Ga. and had been a resident of the Lake Charles-Sulphur area since 1987.  She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sulphur. Loni worked at West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital for many years as a Medical Social Worker and Discharge Planner. She was very passionate about education and had received her Master’s Degree from North Georgia College. She enjoyed crocheting, writing, listening to music, and spending time with her family. 

Survivors include her husband of 32 years, Larry Kemp, of Sulphur; her children, Chris Watts and wife, Kathy, of Blairsville, Ga., Elizabeth Tanksley of Bremerton, Wash., Jayne Penn and husband, Ric, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, Michelle Pottorff and husband, Jimmy, of Sulphur, and Holly Hall and husband, Ronald “Gordie” of Valparaiso, Ind.; her grandchildren, Courtney Payne and husband, Tommy, Abby Kudin and husband, Dima, Megan Pottorff, Austin Pottorff and wife, Hailey, and Dani Pottorff, and Jason Matthews; her great-grandchildren, Maddie, Harper, Solomon, Lainey, and Philip; many cousins, nieces, and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, Lewis and Bonnie Snow; her brothers, Patrick Snow and William John “Bill” Snow; a grandson, Joshua Henry, and a nephew, Pat Snow.

Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, in Hixson-Sulphur Memorial Funeral Home. Alex Geovanni will officiate. Burial will be in Consolata Cemetery in Lake Charles. Visitation is from  5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday with a rosary service at 6 p.m. and from 8:30 a.m. until the time of service Wednesday in the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Keith Malone, Jimmy Pottorff, Austin Pottorff, Tanner Tittsworth, and Willbee Fruge. Words of comfort and expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.hixsonfu neralhomes.com.