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Edward Ditzler Campbell

14 Mar 1895 – 25 Jun 1957

Birth	14 Mar 1895
Death	25 Jun 1957
Cemetery	Oaklawn Memorial Park Center , Shelby County , Texas , USA
Added by	Gar on 12 Oct 2013
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84362344

Bio

Born in Center, Texas in 1895 to Simeon and Jane Ann Jordan-Campbell, he grew up on a farm with five siblings. June 5, 1917, Edward as did many young men across the nation registered for the World War I draft. He took the oath of enlistment one year later in Center, Texas and was assigned to the 67th Infantry Regiment, Camp Sheridan, Alabama where he stayed until being honorably discharged on February 11, 1919. He was awarded the World War I Victory Medal and the honorable discharge lapel pin. He returned to the life of a farmer in Shelby County and on August 3rd, 1919 he and Miss Nora Lee Lightfoot were wed. They became poultry farmers and raised two sons, Vance Weldon and Edward Donese. In April 1942 Mr. Campbell registered for the World War II draft in Center. He passed at the Veterans Hospital in Houston, Texas on June 25th, 1957 from a malignant tumor and now rests with wife Nora in Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Texas. (Sources: Ancestry.com; Family Search.org; Find A Grave memorial 84362344 and Shelby County History.net).

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Family

Parents

• Simeon S Campbell 1858–1922
• Jane Ann Jordan Campbell 1859–1944

Spouse

• Nora Lee Lightfoot Campbell 1896–1972

Siblings

• James Eugene Campbell 1884–1946
• Blanch E Campbell 1886–1897
• Hugh Frank "Bood" Campbell 1888–1955
• William Dwight Campbell 1890–1950
• Lillian Elizabeth Campbell McLendon 1898–1965

Children

• Vance Weldon Campbell 1922–2004 FaG
• Edward Donese "Donnie" Campbell 1925–2000 FaG

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