Jessie Mae Sampson Campbell was born July 10, 1931 in Bryans Mill, Texas. She was the youngest of eight children born to Whit Sampson and Mary Johnson Sampson, five of which survived to adulthood. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Sylvester Campbell, sisters Vertie B. Sampson, Gladene L. Sampson Hines, Dinah O. Sampson Collins, and brother W.H. Sampson Sr.
Jessie professed a belief in Christ at an early age and was baptized at the New Zion Baptist church in Bryans Mill, Texas by the Reverend Elder Lewis.
After the death of her mother in 1944, she moved to Kansas City, Kansas with her father and the rest of her siblings. Upon her arrival in Kansas City, she united with the Eighth Street Baptist Church, Rev. I.H. Henderson, pastor. Jessie graduated from Sumner High school in Kansas City, Kansas in 1948.
After high school and at the urging of family, Jessie enrolled in Texas College in Tyler, Texas where she completed her Bachelors degree in Business Administration. In addition, while at Texas College, in 1951, Jessie became a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. After college, Jessie returned home to Kansas City, Kansas reuniting with her family and starting her work life as a nurse’s assistant at Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. She was the first African American to do so. Jessie also started a family and eventually had four children, Curtis Howard Jones, Cathryn Joy Jones, Kenneth Maurice Jones and Christopher Darryl Campbell.
In 1976, while working for the federal government, Jessie decided to relocate to Dallas, Texas. Upon arrival in Dallas, Jessie united with the Good Street Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. C.A.W. Clark, pastor. Later Jessie would unite with Friendship West Baptist Church also in Dallas, Texas, Rev. Dr. Freddie Haynes III, Pastor.
Jessie spent 29 years working for the federal government. She worked for the Social Security Administration, the Department of Education and finally for the Internal Revenue Service. Jessie retired from government service in 1996, spending those early retirement years looking after her grandchildren whenever the opportunity arose and creative writing, where she had the honor of having a poem published with the National Library of Poetry.
In peace and without pain, Jessie departed this earth on July 26, 2021. She leaves behind to miss and mourn her presence, daughter Cathryn J. Jones, Washington D.C., sons Curtis H. Jones, Osawatomie, Kansas, Kenneth M. Jones (Pamela), Dallas, Texas. and Christopher Campbell, Dallas, Texas; two grandchildren, Jessica L. Jones and Xavier L. Jones, and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.
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