Leonard Calvert Campbell

family and caregivers nearby on July 25, 2011. He was born on May 6,

1924 in Lownesville, SC.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest Fulton Campbell and

Cleo Wansley Campbell; his wife of 69 years, Evelyn Owens Campbell; his

sons, SSGT Warren Dane Campbell and Leonard Steven Campbell; brothers,

James P. Campbell and Woodfin Campbell; sisters, Rose C. Wilson, Willie

Mae C. Walker, and Lanie C. Whitworth; and his lifelong friends,

Clarence and Ruth McCarn, and Bud and Ella Mae Stowe.

He is survived by his son, Ret. AF MSGT Calvert K. Campbell Sr. and his

wife, Lett, of Wichita Falls, Texas; and his daughters, Terry Elizabeth

Campbell, and Dr. Deborah Hudson and her husband, Gary, of Gastonia.

Grandchildren include Rachael Leigh Nuchols, Jennifer Becton Certain,

Monica Becton Dellinger, Amy Campbell Czubaj, Calvert Campbell Jr.,

Claudia Campbell, Tel Arroyo, Nancy Lopez, Angelita Colley, Elizabeth

Nesbitt, Abel Bituin, Andrew Bituin, and Ernesto Bituin. He is also

survived by 31 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great grandchildren.

Additionally, he is survived by lifelong friends Sylvia and Larry Walt,

Margaret and Sheridan Hill, and Vann and Brenda Hartsell. Special

appreciation is expressed for the kindness and care by Peak Resources

and Hospice of Gaston County.

Mr. Campbell attended Campbell School and graduated from Ashley High

School and the NC Vocational Textile College. He worked with the

Civilian Conservation Corps building water shed equipment near Mount

Hood, Washington. He was a World War II veteran serving at Pearl

Harbor as a military policeman. His career experience in textiles

began with sweeping floors and included plant management with over 100

employees. He retired from Springs Mills in 1987.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, July 27, at 2 p.m.

followed by the funeral service at 3 p.m. at Carothers Funeral Home in

Gastonia. Honorary pall bearers will be VFW veterans. Burial will be

private.

To celebrate his love of rural life and vegetable gardening, memorials

may be made to Heiffer International, www.heifer.org; or Hospice of

Gaston County, PO Box 3984, Gastonia, NC 28054.

Condolences may be made online at www.carothersfuneralhomegastonia.com

Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia is serving the Campbell family