Kemp's wife, Menette, was one of the three sisters of the Louisiana[[Cajun]] [[chef]] and humorist]] Justin Wilson (1914-2001), also of Amite. Their father, Harry D. Wilson (1869-1048), served for thirty-two years from 1916 until his death in January 1948 as the commissioner of the state Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Kemp had one foster son named Richard Tipton.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_8rx9WjAE9MC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=Bolivar+Kemp+and+Justin+Wilson&source=bl&ots=lnv8phJKqr&sig=8LkWL-aQR3hXk0MrKu_Miz6-heU&hl=en&ei=QHiKTPKBFIGBlAe4sJTNCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Justin Wilson's Cajun Humor|author=Justin Wilson|publisher=Pelican Publishing (Gretna, Louisiana)|date= January 31, 1974 |accessdate=February 28, 2021|page-10}}</ref> | Kemp's wife, Menette, was one of the three sisters of the Louisiana[[Cajun]] [[chef]] and humorist]] Justin Wilson (1914-2001), also of Amite. Their father, Harry D. Wilson (1869-1048), served for thirty-two years from 1916 until his death in January 1948 as the commissioner of the state Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Kemp had one foster son named Richard Tipton.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_8rx9WjAE9MC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=Bolivar+Kemp+and+Justin+Wilson&source=bl&ots=lnv8phJKqr&sig=8LkWL-aQR3hXk0MrKu_Miz6-heU&hl=en&ei=QHiKTPKBFIGBlAe4sJTNCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Justin Wilson's Cajun Humor|author=Justin Wilson|publisher=Pelican Publishing (Gretna, Louisiana)|date= January 31, 1974 |accessdate=February 28, 2021|page-10}}</ref> |