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Submitted: 5/10/22 • Approved: 5/11/22 • Last Updated: 5/14/22 • R512423-G0-S3
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS US Army
World War II
March 31, 1924-January 25, 1979
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 77th Year, No. 150, Hereford, Texas, Friday, January 26, 1979, Page 2)
William Joseph Campbell, 54, of Rt. 2 died Thursday, January 25, 1979, at Deaf Smith General Hospital after a short illness.
Services will be held Saturday at 5 p.m. in rose Chapel with Bob Wear, minister of Central Church of Christ officiating. Burial will follow in West Park Cemetery under the direction of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mr. Campbell was born March 31, 1924 in Corsicana. He married Elvie Van Doren Oct. 6, 1944 in Plainview. They came to Deaf Smith County in 1961 from Olton. Mr. Campbell was a veteran of W.W. II.
He is survived by the widow; three daughters, Glenda Tarno of May Bank [sic], Linda Hill of Flagstaff, Ariz. and Alice Forrach of Amarillo; four sons, Roger, Tommy and Jerry Campbell, all of Hereford and Richard Campbell of Hampton; two sisters, Louise Utley of Huntsville and Maxine Diaz of Amarillo and 13 grandchildren.
Contributed on 5/10/22 by neldapat
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