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Charleston Gazette, The - (Mar/17/2007)
Kenneth Richard Campbell Jr.
Kenneth Richard Campbell Jr., 68, of Amma died at home on Thursday, March 15, 2007, after a long illness.
He was born on Little Left Hand Road on September 5, 1938, was the son of Olive Carper Campbell Phelps and Kenneth Richard "Hickey" Campbell, and was raised by his grandparents, Roy and Bertha Carper.
He is survived by his loving wife of 47 years, Shirley June Withrow Campbell; one daughter, June Ann Campbell Stanley and husband, Troy David Stanley, of Richmond, Va.; and two sons, Kenneth Richard Campbell III and wife, Martha Mosco Campbell, of Richmond, Va., and Roy Allan Campbell and wife, Tracy Womack Campbell, of Hurricane.
He is also survived by his six grandchildren, Jonathon Stanley, Bridget Stanley, Amelia Campbell, Joshua Campbell, Katie Campbell, and Kenneth Campbell IV.
Richard was a lifelong member, Sunday school teacher, and senior deacon of Bethel Baptist Church, Amma. He was a 1958 graduate of Spencer High School and retired from Columbia Gas after 20 years of service. He was a 46-year member of Linden Lodge 83 AF&AM and also a member of Tyrian Chapter 13 Royal Arch Masons, Kanawha Commandry 4 Knights Templar, Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, the Beni Kedem Shrine, AANOMS and Linden Chapter 152 Order of the Eastern Star.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Olive Phelps; stepfather, Roy Phelps; and father, Kenneth Campbell.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at the John H. Taylor Funeral Home, Spencer, with the Rev. Ora Holbert officiating. Burial with Masonic graveside rites will be in Clover Cemetery, Clover.
Family and friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, where an Eastern Star memorial service will be conducted at 7 p.m.
Flowers are welcome or, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to HospiceCare, 1143 Dunbar Ave., Dunbar, WV 25064.
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