Donald Meade "Jack" Campbell, 81, passed away Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at his residence. He had been a member of the Friendship Baptist Church since 1951 and had served as a deacon for 45 years. He farmed all of his life and had retired from the Brunswick Corp., Marion, Va. Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Horton Campbell and Bertha Anderson Campbell; and three brothers, Charles, Henry and Herbert.

Survivors include his wife, Betty Norris Campbell, Chilhowie; two sons, Donald Meade Campbell Jr. and wife Janet, Glade Spring, Va., and Dennis Wayne Campbell, Farmville, Va.; a daughter, Sharon Lou Barker and husband Joey, Chilhowie; a brother, Robert Franklin "Bob" Campbell, Abingdon, Va.; grandchildren, Danielle Campbell, Jack Tucker Dorsey, Jennifer Lynn Dorsey, Justin Hunter Campbell, DVM, and Thomas Horton "Rusty" Campbell; two great-grandchildren, Alyssa Marie and Campbell Grace; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Burl and Eileen Norris, Bristol Tennessee, Mary and Telsie Haga, Bedford, Va., Bill and Wilma Norris, Chesterfield, Va., Carolyn and Bob Rouse, Gainsville, Ga., Irma and Charles Reedy, Manassas, Va., Martha and Bill Moore, Rural Retreat, Va., and Beverly and Mark Eason, Abingdon; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be conducted in the Farris Funeral Service, Main Street Chapel, with Dr. Jack Garland and Pastor David Gary officiating. The committal graveside service will be in the Mount Olivet Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Telsie Haga, Bill Norris, Mark Eason, Bob Rouse, Jack Dorsey, Rusty Campbell, Justin Campbell, Tony Sullivan, Larry Davenport and Mike Gaultney. Honorary pallbearers will be the deacons and trustees of the Friendship Baptist Church. Farris Funeral Service, Main Street Chapel, 427 E. Main St., Abingdon, Va., is serving the Campbell family.

Published: Bristol Herald Courier/Bristol Virginia-Tennessean - (Feb/22/2009)