Obituary of Joseph Campbell

MARION, VIRGINIA: DR. JOSEPH C. CAMPBELL, age 76, died Friday, April 24, 2009 at his home in Bassett, Virginia. He was born on April 24, 1933 in Parkersburg, West Virginia to the late Joseph Richard "Dick" and Libby Marsh Campbell. Dr. Campbell was a 1951 graduate of Marion High School. He attended Davison College, graduating in 1955 and then attended the Medical College of Virginia where he graduated in 1959. Dr. Campbell then attended the University of Virginia (AOA). He completed a two-year internship and assistant residency in surgery at St. Mary's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1961. Dr. Campbell was a Radiologist in Martinsville, Virginia until 1964. He then embarked upon a partnership with Campbell, Herring, and Finch and retired in 1992. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one nephew, Christopher Baughman. He is survived by his wife, Betty Ward Campbell of Bassett, Virginia; one son, Joseph Richard Campbell and wife, Tracey of Nags Head, North Carolina; one step-daughter, Rev. Kathryn L. Ward Stear and husband, Randy of Indiana, Pennsylvania; two step-sons, George D. Ward of Austin, Texas and William Robert Ward of Houston, Texas; four grandchildren, Lori Stear, Joseph C. Campbell, John D. Campbell, and Bruce C. Campbell; one sister, Sally A. Baughman of Santa Fe, New Mexico; one brother, Dr. Robert M. Campbell and wife, Charlotte of Goldsboro, North Carolina. Funeral services will be held Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. at the Royal Oak Presbyterian Church, Marion, Virginia with Reverend Alan Gray, Reverend Bob Thornton, and Reverend Lawrence Harris officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Lawn Cemetery, Marion, Virginia. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel, Marion, Virginia. The family would like to express appreciation to Dr. David Lefler, the Radiology Staff, and Members of Bassett Coffee Group. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.seaverbrown.com. Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory is serving the Campbell Family.