Celeste Magee Zimmerman Wemp, Angel, age 85, went to be with Lord on
July 9, 2010. Celeste was home surrounded by her family and loved ones
when she peacefully entered the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ.
Celeste was born on July 13, 1924 to Benton Winchester Magee and Jenny
Foster and after their deaths, was raised by her Aunt and Uncle Lucia
and Roy Zimmerman in Dallas, Texas. Celeste attended Woodrow Wilson High
School in Dallas and graduated from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago,
Illinois in 1945 and later, Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia in
1975 with a degree in Christian Ministries.
Celeste was actively involved in Young Life ministries as a young adult.
Celeste met her husband, Dr. C. Sumner Wemp, at Ross Avenue Baptist
Church in 1946, while he was a student at Dallas Theological Seminary.
Sumner and Celeste were married the following year in Dallas with plans
for missionary service in Brazil. The Lord had other plans and they
entered the pastorate with a heart for missions. They served in churches
in Alabama, Florida and Illinois before moving to Lynchburg, Virginia to
join Liberty University. Celeste joined the faculty there and taught and
mentored women for Christian service for many years. Celeste was known
as a prominent Bible teacher. She pioneered the concept of Christians
Women's Retreats through which she ministered to over 1,000 women
several times each year for over 20 years. Celeste was asked by the
committee bringing in Ann Graham Lotts to organize a special citywide
women's crusade for the city of Atlanta.
She is survived by her husband, Sumner, sons Cliff Wemp, Chuck Wemp and
his wife Donna, Daughters Elaine Grill, Carolyn Wemp, Jean Medley, Janet
Herlyck and her husband Jack, grandchildren, Christopher, Lindsey and
Evan Wemp and sister, Leona Wooten Day.
