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James Monroe Campbell

14 Nov 1867 – 1 Aug 1939

Birth	14 Nov 1867
Death	1 Aug 1939
Cemetery	Redmen Cemetery De Queen , Sevier County , Arkansas , USA
Added by	Terry Passmore on 21 Aug 2015
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Obituary from The Broken Bow News, Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, August 3, 1939, Number 31, front page: J.M. Campbell, Prominent Lumberman, Died Tuesday Early Tuesday morning death claimed J.M. Campbell, age 71, pioneer Broken Bow resident and one of our most respected and beloved citizens, following an illness of only about a week's duration. Mr. Campbell became ill Saturday night, July 22, and was taken to the Archer Hospital in De Queen where his case was diagnosed as appendicitis. Several days following the attack his condition was thought to be consideraby [sic] improved but complications set up which caused his death at 12:25 Tuesday morning. His death is mourned by hundreds of friends throughout the two states, and the employees in his department, most of whom knew him affectionately as "Uncle Jim." Mr. Campbell was superintendent of the logging department for the five Dierks mills in Oklahoma and Arkansas, superintendent of the T.O.& E. Railroad and chairman of the board of directors of the De Queen and Eastern Railroad, a position he held for almost thirty years. Mr. Campbell, a native of the state of Arkansas, was born at Lockesburg, Sevier county, November 14, 1867, and grew to manhood in his native county and state. He was educated only in the common schools, and on leaving school took up farm and mill work as a means of livelihood. For a time he worked at this father's water mill on the Cossatot River five miles north of De Queen. In 1998 [sic] he first became associated with the Dierks Company when the Dierks brothers, who had been retailing lumber in Nebraska for several years, entered the manufacturing business by purchasing the Williamson Lumber Company mill at De Queen, with whom he was employed as a teamster and log cutter. In 1904 he was commissioned by the rapidly growing Dierks Industry to purchase the thousands of acres of virgin timberlands north of Broken Bow and De Queen to maintain an adequate supply of logs for their mills. In order to carry on these transactions with many Indian land owners it was necessary that he be accompanied by an Indian interpreter, and ride horseback into the sparcely [sic] settled woods, spending several days and nights camping in the open woods. During these trips he became acquainted with many historic characters and learned countless stories of the early history of McCurtain county which he enjoyed relating to visitors and relatives later in life. He removed to the newly laid out town of Broken Bow in 1910 and was made superintendet [sic] of the logging department of the Dierks mills. Soon afterwards he was made superintendent of the T.O.& E. Railroad and chairman of the board of directors of the De Queen and Eastern Railroad. Besides his active duties with the Dierks Industries he has taken an active part in all civic and religious activities for the upbuilding of Broken Bow. He served the city as a member of the city council several times and has always actively supported moves for civic improvement. He was united with the Baptist church in De Queen in the spring before coming here and has since consistantly [sic] taken part in Sunday school, church services and all religious activities of the town. He has served as deacon of the church for the past 16 years. Mr. Cambell's [sic] death marked the close of another chapter in the historic drama of the civic and industrial development of southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas and the lumber industry and ends 40 years of continuous and faithful service as one of the most loyal and trusted officials of the Dierks organization. Funeral Rites For J.M. Campbell Held Wed. __________ Funeral rites for J.M. Campbell were conducted from the First Baptist here Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 with the Rev. Barnard Franklin, pastor of the Baptist church, Wilburton, officiating, assisted by the Rev. John Crabtree, Broken Bow pastor. The services were opened by the Dameron quartet, composed of Dierks emyloyes [sic] from Clebit, who sang, "Nothing Between" and "Farther Along," accompanied at the the [sic] piano by Mrs. Cecil Ezell. Rev. Crabtree then presented the history of the life of the deceased, adding a few words of praise for his loyalty, followed by the sermon and a personal tribute by Rev. Franklin. The quartet sang, "God Will Take Care of You", as a closing number for the services. Acitve pallbearers were James Dyer, Ben Lambert, C.M. Pendergrass, Ferrell Hall, Jamie Thompson and Pierce Wood. Honorary pallbearers were J.W. Thompson, J.W. Costilow, J.C. Leeper, A. Lugary, H.B. Potts, Elmer Burnett, J.N. Simmons, Roy Williamson and Fred Dierks. Burial was in the Reman [sic] cemetery at De Queen, Ark. Arrangements were in charge of the Coffey Funeral Home of Idabel. Surviving are his wife, two sons, Roy Campbell, Broken Bow, and Jewel Campbell, De Queen, Ark.; three daughters, Mrs. Neil Christian and Miss Essie Campbell, Broken Bow, and Mrs. C.R. Towry, Tulsa; two brothers, John Campbell, Wewoka, and Tom Campbell, Gatesville, Texas; four sisters, Mrs. Monroe Gilbert, Rush Springs, Texas, Mrs. M.V. Hendrix, De Queen, Mrs. Vernon Cone, Tulsa, and Mrs. T.M. Jordan, Gillham, Ark.; and twelve grandchildren, William and James Christian, Broken Bow, Mrs. J.R. Howell, Wichita Falls, Texas, Miss Ruth Christian, Tulsa, Mary Elizabeth and John Campbell Graham, Broken Bow, Christine, Kathleen, Bobby and Jimmy Campbell, De Queen, Charles and Virginia Towry, Tulsa, Oklahoma; niece, Mrs. Carl Smith, Gillham; nephew, Fred Campbell, Gillham; son-in-law, John Graham, Columbia, Nebraska; and three sisters-in-law, Mrs. Tenny Campbell, Gillham, Mrs. Nan Horn and Mrs. Ed Kelly of Carnegie, Okla. All were at the funeral except Tom Campbell of Gatesville, Texas.

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