Charles Milton Campbell

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Charles Milton Campbell

Birth
Pope County, Arkansas, USA
Death
18 Apr 1968 (aged 74)
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas, USA
Burial
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. from the First Presbyterian Church for the Rev. Charles M. Campbell, who died in the Holmes Memorial Hospital at 11:05 a.m. Thursday following a period of ill health.

 Dr. David L. Stitt, president of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin and the Rev. Floyd Whatley, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will conduct the final rites with burial to take place in the Masonic Cemetery under the direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home.
The Rev. Campbell was a retired Presbyterian minister had served as paster of the First Church here in Gonzales at one time.
Born on May 16, 1893, in Russellville, Ark., he was the son of Mary Jane Tinsley and Pinkney Monroe Campbell, natives of Faulkner County, Ark.*
He was married to Edith Harriett Ridley Newman in New York City** on March 30, 1921, and was ordained as a minister on April 16, 1924 by the Brazos Presbytery. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. Campbell was a veteran of World War I, and received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Arkansas, a bachelor of divinity and a master's degree from the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Survivors include three sons, Robert G. Campbell of Magnolia, Ark., John P. Campbell of Daingerfield, the Rev. James M. Campbell of Austin; one daughter, Mrs. D. A. (Alice) Risinger of Alice; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Also surviving him are two brothers, E. M. Campbell of Neosho, Mo., I. M. Campbell of Lubbock; and one sister, Mrs. James Trickey of Moorpark, Calif.
Pallbearers will include A. A. Allert, Leonard Jakel, Edgar Lang, Robert Miller, Otis Moore, and Judge John A. Romberg.
Active and inactive elders and deacons of the First Presbyterian Church and Dr. Walter A. Sievers are honorary pallbearers.

The family requests that no flowers be sent, and suggests instead that those who desire to honor his memory, send memorials to the Presbyterian Children's Home at Itasca, or to the charity of their choice.

From The Daily Inquirer, Gonzales, Texas
Friday Afternoon, April 19, 1968

*Charles' parents were natives of Pope County, not Faulkner
** Charles and Edith were married at Grace Church (Episcopal), West Farms, Bronx County, New York
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. from the First Presbyterian Church for the Rev. Charles M. Campbell, who died in the Holmes Memorial Hospital at 11:05 a.m. Thursday following a period of ill health.

 Dr. David L. Stitt, president of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin and the Rev. Floyd Whatley, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will conduct the final rites with burial to take place in the Masonic Cemetery under the direction of Seydler-Hill Funeral Home.
The Rev. Campbell was a retired Presbyterian minister had served as paster of the First Church here in Gonzales at one time.
Born on May 16, 1893, in Russellville, Ark., he was the son of Mary Jane Tinsley and Pinkney Monroe Campbell, natives of Faulkner County, Ark.*
He was married to Edith Harriett Ridley Newman in New York City** on March 30, 1921, and was ordained as a minister on April 16, 1924 by the Brazos Presbytery. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. Campbell was a veteran of World War I, and received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Arkansas, a bachelor of divinity and a master's degree from the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Survivors include three sons, Robert G. Campbell of Magnolia, Ark., John P. Campbell of Daingerfield, the Rev. James M. Campbell of Austin; one daughter, Mrs. D. A. (Alice) Risinger of Alice; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Also surviving him are two brothers, E. M. Campbell of Neosho, Mo., I. M. Campbell of Lubbock; and one sister, Mrs. James Trickey of Moorpark, Calif.
Pallbearers will include A. A. Allert, Leonard Jakel, Edgar Lang, Robert Miller, Otis Moore, and Judge John A. Romberg.
Active and inactive elders and deacons of the First Presbyterian Church and Dr. Walter A. Sievers are honorary pallbearers.

The family requests that no flowers be sent, and suggests instead that those who desire to honor his memory, send memorials to the Presbyterian Children's Home at Itasca, or to the charity of their choice.

From The Daily Inquirer, Gonzales, Texas
Friday Afternoon, April 19, 1968

*Charles' parents were natives of Pope County, not Faulkner
** Charles and Edith were married at Grace Church (Episcopal), West Farms, Bronx County, New York