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Robert Harley Campbell
25 May 1923 – 3 May 2011
| Birth | 25 May 1923 |
| Death | 3 May 2011 |
| Cemetery | Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock , Lubbock County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Dave Bell on 28 Apr 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69323864 |
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Services for Robert Harley Campbell will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 6, 2011 in Sanders Memorial Chapel with the Reverend Bruce Cotton officiating. Bob passed away on Tuesday, May 3rd at home surrounded by family. He was born in Kirkland, Texas on May 25, 1923 to Otho Felix and Ruth Campbell. On February 23, 1943, he began his military service with the U.S. Navy. Shortly after being deployed he was stranded in the Alaskan Aleutian islands for several months after his ship was torpedoed. He fought in many battles, including the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign and two in the Philippine Liberation Campaign. Bob received the Asiatic Pacific Campaign medal, a Victory medal, an American Campaign medal, and a Philippine Liberation Campaign medal in honor of his great service to our country. After his military career, Bob returned to his hometown of Brownfield, where he met and married Joyce Trotter in August of 1946. He became a successful mechanical contractor and eventually owned his own business, Campbell Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning. In 1963 he moved his family to Lubbock where he enjoyed success as a partner in Northern Star Seed Farms, a certified cottonseed business, which introduced several new varieties of cottonseed to the South Plains and later owned and operated Campbell Seed Farms. He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, O.F. Campbell, Jr. and Emmitt Campbell. Bob is survived by his wife of almost 65 years, Joyce; three daughters, Linda Hudgens, Cathy Tolbert, and Sharon Eubank, and son, Robert Harley Campbell, Jr.; twelve grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren; two sisters, Louise Brown and Sue Harlan. The family suggests memorials to Hospice of Lubbock, 3702 21st Street, Lubbock, TX 79410.
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