Paul Watts Camp Jr.

Mr. Camp was born in Rome, GA June 24, 1929. He was the son of the late Paul Watts Camp, Sr. and Mary Butler Camp. Mr. Camp was a fixture in the Rome community before his passing on Monday. For 63 Years he was a member of the Rome Lions Club for which he held every office possible, including the highest office in the state, 18-A District Governor. His most consistent role was as the Conservation Chairman for the Club, which provided eye care to thousands of children and adults in need. He followed his father’s footsteps to own his own real estate appraisal firm – Paul W. Camp Appraisers – in a modest office off Shorter Avenue for nearly six decades before retiring at the sprightly age of 83. He was known across north Georgia and east Alabama for being fair, vibrant and a man of integrity. Mr. Camp loved playing the trombone so much that he played with the band at Boys High School in Rome, became a member of the University of Georgia’s Red Coat Marching Band in the late 1940s, played in the United States Marine Corp band with the 108th Airborne Division and started his own big band with friends called The Georgians, which traveled all over the Southeast and continues to do so after more than 60 years of existence. He even played in the Rome Symphony Orchestra for several years.

Mr. Camp loved his friends and family dearly. He loved sitting on the screen porch or driving out to a vacant parking lot to watch the moon come out of the sky. He loved laughing and playing practical jokes on his friends. He loved Wendy’s Frostys and the Varsity’s chili dogs. He loved watching his children and grandchildren perform in countless football games, dance recitals, plays, awards ceremonies – anything and everything he could attend. He loved the University of Georgia Bulldogs. He loved his church and his church family at Trinity United Methodist Church in Rome where he taught Sunday school to middle high and high schoolers for 32 years and helped Eulaine (whom he married at Trinity UMC in 1951) start the Rah-Rah’s group, which gets elderly residents out of their homes for social events. More than anything else, he loved God, Jesus and his Bible which is worn and riddled with scribbles, notes and place-holders.

Mr. Camp is survived by his wife Eulaine Curtis Camp of Rome; brother-in-law Jerry Curtis (Linda) of Rome; daughter, Linda Gentry (David) of Rome; son, John Camp of Marietta; grandchildren Hannah Gentry Davis (Scotty) of Rome; Bonnie Gentry Maulding (Matt) of Dallas, Ga; Taylor Camp of Nashville, Tenn.; Katy Ruth Camp of Atlanta; Clay Gentry of Rome; three great-grandchildren, Hayden James Davis, Lucas Scott Davis and Madelaine Grace Maulding.

The family received friends Thursday evening July 28, 2016 at Daniel’s Funeral Home from 5 to 8 pm. Services were held Friday morning July 29, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Ken Ott and the Rev. Jonathan Lawson officiating. Interment followed at Oaknoll Memorial Gardens.

Those serving as pallbearers were Taylor Camp, Clay Gentry, Bill Curtis, Bryan Hall, Scotty Davis and Matt Mauldin. Those serving as honorary pallbearers were Dwight Tolbert, Joe Tarpley the members of the Fellowship Sunday School Class and the Rah Rah’s.

Daniel’s Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.