Vieva Mae Kost (Martin) Campbell, 81, of Marshall, Texas passed away on April 14, 2022. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 18, 2022, in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home. A time of visitation will be held prior to the service. Arrangements by Downs Funeral Home.

Vieva (Martin) Campbell was born August 26, 1940, to Edna Mae Talbot Kost and Harold Alfred Kost in Great Falls, Montana. She went to her heavenly home on April 14, 2022.

She attended schools in Shreveport LA, Wichita Falls Tx and Denver CO, having graduated from North Denver High School in 1958.  She lived in Shreveport, Wichita Falls, Denver, Lake Charles, Austin, England and Kansas City before moving to Marshall in 1965.

Vi accepted Jesus as personal Savior at age 10 and was baptized at Highland Baptist Church in Shreveport, Louisiana. She was a member at Victory Baptist Church, having placed her membership there in 1980. She enjoyed working in her church and was involved in teaching Children's Sunday School, serving as Sunday School Director, driving the church vans, singing in the choir and working in Vacation Bible School.  In 2020, she joined Central Baptist Church in Marshall.

She worked as Secretary/Receptionist at Greater Marshall Chamber of Commerce. She was later employed at Marshall Regional Medical Center for 17 years, having worked in the Medical Record Department as the Medical Transcriptionist for 7 years and then as a Medical Records Clerk.

Vieva is survived by her husband, Lewis (Pat) Campbell; daughters: Denisha Martin Lake & Kenneth Lake, Kimberly Martin Dake, Cynthia Martin Michel & Ed Michel, Kristie Perkins.

She is also survived by 11 grandchildren: Kristopher Lake; Cassondra Lake Chambers & Bill Chambers; Matthew Lake & Quinn Lake; Bryan Lake; Robert (Rob) Dake; Anna Kathleen Deaton and husband, Kyle; Phillip Baldwin III; John Scott Baldwin; Megan Perkins Lamm & Tyler Lamm; Malory Perkins and Morgan Perkins. Eight great-grandchildren: Orion, Bryce, Starlette and Harmonie Lake; Gavin and Kendall Chambers; Cameron Lake; Clair Lamm. Sister-in-law, Elva Kost; nephew, Philip Kost & Kara Kost; great nieces, Amber and Kirsten Kost.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold Alfred Kost and Anne Hopkins Kost; birth mother, Edna Talbot; brothers, James Alfred Kost and Dr Glen Edmond Kost; nephew, Stephen Paul Kost; grandson, Andrew Baldwin. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Wendell Edward Martin.

Special thanks to Marshall Manor Nursing Home, Longview Hill Nursing Home and PrimeCare Hospice, and Downs Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to:

Muscular Dystrophy Association-Duchene's Research, PO Box 7410354, Chicago IL

60674-0354, (800) 572-1717, https://www.mda.org/

or Victory Baptist Church, 607 Burleson, Marshall Tx 75670, (903) 938-2336.