IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Marshall William

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Campbell

Jan 4, 1919 — Aug 24, 2013

Obituary

Marshall William Campbell of Marshall died Saturday, August 24, 2013 at the age of 94. He was the oldest child of Jesse and Dorothy Drew Campbell, born at home on January 4, 1919 in Fincastle, Texas. He attended schools in Poyner, New Baden, and Frankston, Texas. He married Gwendolyn Ford of Marshall on October 28, 1944 in Mineral Wells, before he left for the war. He served in U.S. Army during WWII from 1943-45 at Camp Walters, Ft.Hood, and Fr. Bening, Georgia. One of his proudest moments during the war was driving the jeep for General Omar Bradley. Mr. Campbell worked in production for Borden Company and retired in 1981 after 38 years of service. He won several awards for his buttermilk. After retirement, he and Gwendolyn enjoyed traveling and attending bluegrass festivals. He played the bass fiddle and guitar with several groups in the area. He enjoyed carpentry and hunting. He was a 25 year member of BB&D hunting club. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Marshall. Mr. Campbell was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 62 years, Gwendolyn Ford Campbell; his sister and brother-in-law, Myrtle and Maxie McAlister; baby brother, Edward; and sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Maurice and Goldman Chatham, Marion (Toby) and Margie Ford, Henry and Elsie Ford and Lamar Ford. He is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Wilburn and Tillie Campbell of Frankston; sister-in-law, Jean Ford; his children, Wanda and Herschel Miller of Lorena, Texas, Kenneth and Sherri Campbell, Pamela and Roger Shipwash and Angela Carter, all of Marshall; his 10 grandchildren are Tricia Campbell Muse, Ken Campbell, Christina Perry, Jeanne Pyle, Craig Shipwash, Jesse Campbell, Billie Gibbons, Michelle Porterfield, Herschel Ray Miller, and Deborah Anderson; 20 great-grandchildren, Brittany and Dustin Lyles, Samantha Perry, Haley, McKenzie, and Brycen Pyle, Makayla and Lucas Campbell, Alise, Kyla, and Layla Shipwash, Kevin Gibson, Justan, Philip, and Morgan Campbell, Ryan Porterfield, Clifford and Jeremy Miller, Leslie Siegel, and Erin Miller; one great-great grandchild, Tripp Siegel. Pallbearers will be Kenneth Campbell, Ken Campbell, Jesse Campbell, Michael Chatham, Roger Shipwash, and Craig Shipwash. In lieu of flowers, the family requests for donations to be made to Immanuel Baptist Church Building Fund at 2408 W. Pinecrest Drive, Marshall, Texas 75670. Funeral services will be held at Downs Funeral Home in Marshall on August 28, 2013 at 2 p.m., with Bro. Carlton Burris officiating. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at the Downs Funeral Home. Interment will be in Algoma North Cemetery.
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