Jess Norris Campbell

Funeral services for Jess Norris Campbell, 77, of Rusk are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007 in Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Don Copeland officiating. Interment will be in Resthaven Cemetery under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk.

Mr. Campbell died Aug. 19, 2007 in a Tyler Hospice. He was born March 3, 1930 in Ringling, Oklahoma to the late Jess Davis and Era Josephine Hall Campbell.

He was a resident of Rusk for 63 years. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Jacksonville. He retired in 1994 after forty years as owner and operator of Campbell Auto Supply in Rusk. He also served in the National Guard.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Tate Campbell in 2000; son, Jimi Campbell in 1994; brother, Grady Campbell in 2002. He is survived by his son, John David Campbell of Rusk; sister Marguerite Crane of Jacksonville; nephew, Bob Campbell and wife Chit of Gallatin.

Pallbearers will include Don Goff, Deaton Goff, Tommy Dosser, Larry Dosser, David Blount, and Billy Lankford Jr. Family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at the funeral home.
 

August  21, 2007

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress