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Sgt David Lee Campbell
Dec 14, 1945 - Oct 13, 2022
Submitted by Martha Reddout
The world lost a great man on Thursday, October 13, 2022, but Heaven
gained an angel. David Lee Campbell, 76, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, was born
on December 14, 1945, in Pampa, Texas to the late Max Leon Campbell and
Ellen Pauline (Polson) Campbell. He passed away at Mercy Health Love
County in Marietta, Oklahoma with his family by his side.
David was raised in Pampa, where he attended school and later fell in
love with his neighbor. He and Cecelia Gail McDonald were married on
April 3, 1965, in Pampa, and that marriage lasted for a wonderful
fifty-seven and a half years.
David enlisted in the United States Army, where he learned to drive
tanks and he was eventually stationed in Munich, Germany, where he and
Cely started their family.
After returning stateside, their journey eventually led them back to
Ardmore in 1972. David started working at Uniroyal Tire Company a few
years later and would eventually retire from Michelin Tire Company after
32 years of employment. Retirement was not for him, so he took jobs at
Plainview Schools, Mercy Hospital, The Lodge and lastly the First
Presbyterian Church, where he worked alongside his lovely wife. He loved
everyone he worked with and made friends everywhere he worked.
David had been a member of the First Presbyterian Church since 1973,
where he had served as a Trustee, Elder and a Deacon during various
times. He loved to fish, camp (especially in Rad River, New Mexico),
play in numerous casinos, watch anything involving the Oklahoma Sooners,
and more than anything, watch and attend EVERYTHING involving his family
members.
David was a hugger, and everyone will miss his hugs, especially his
family.
Those left to cherish him are his wife, Cely; a son, Tommy
Campbell and Debe, and their family, Anna, Kahli, Dalton and Toby; a
son, Tracy "Tank" Campbell and Courtney, and their family, Devnee,
Chris, Ella, Raeleigh, Braylynn, Alexis, Delano, Destin, Tommi Lee,
Geogg, Zane "Deuce", Knox, Kayla, John, Sutton, Beckham, Kenzi,
Channing, Swayze, Clayton, Amy and Harper; bonus-mother, Mary Campbell;
brothers, Gary Campbell and Kathy, Jimmy Campbell and Marty, and Hugh
Campbell and Elda; bonus-sister, Judy Callantine; sister-in-law, Teresa
Strickland; special neices and nephews, Neysha, Buddy and their
children; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
David was preceded in death by his father, Max Campbell; his mother,
Ellen Campbell; a great-grandson, Alexander Xavier; a bonus-brother,
Jimmy Seiber; father and mother-in-law, Bill and Ywachetta McDonald;
brother-in-law, Tommy McDonald; sister and brother-in-law, Sheila and
Jim Brown; and nephew, Jason Strickland.
David's funeral service will be at 1:00 P.M., Friday, October 21,
2022, at the First Presbyterian Church in Ardmore with Rev. Mary
Ellen Waychoff officiating and Lawrence Anderson assisting.
Interment with military honors will follow at the Seaman First Class
Billy Turner Oklahoma State Veterans Cemetery in Ardmore.
A time of
visitation will be from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Thursday, October
20, at the Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home, 100 East Main, Marietta.
Casket bearers will be Lawrence Anderson, Frank Lornes, Rick Mayo,
Brian McGahey, John Randles and Blake Rudd. Honorary casket bearers
will be Craig King, Kenneth Steward, Rex Conway, Ray Goyne, Phil
Hall, Rodney Elmore, Allen McMurtrey, Joe Pat Hughes, Rhett Latham,
and the First Presbyterian Church family.
Memorial contributions may be made in David's honor to the First
Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 486, Ardmore, OK 73402.
Services are under the care of Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home &
Cremation Services of Marietta.
Online guest book: wattsfuneralhome.com
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