Vaughan Camp, 80; Founded Fort Myers Lumber Firm
Services for Vaughan Camp, 80, founder of the Dowling-Camp Lumber Co. of Fort Myers, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Bess Memorial Shores Chapel. Mr. Camp, who came to Miami in 1932, lived at 577 NE 96th St. He died Tuesday at Doctors Hospital. A native of Franklin, Va., Mr. Camp was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a bachelor of science degree and received his master’s degree from the University of Virginia. He was associated with the Camp Manufacturing Co., founded by his father, and later served as its secretary-treasurer. He served in France as a lieutenant during World War I, and after his discharge became secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Pine Association. In 1924, he founded Dowling-Camp Lumber Co. and eight years later came to Miami to become a liquidator for Dade County Security Co. He retired from business in 1940. The family business merged in 1959 and became the Union-Camp Bag Co. He was a member of the Downtown Rotary Club and was past president of the Military Order of World Wars. Mr. Camp was known for his annual open house on Christmas Day, which started out with a handful of friends after his arrival in Miami. It was the oldest of its kind in Dade County. He is survived by three sons, Vaughan Jr., Lowry and Robert;11 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Private burial services will be at the Woodlawn Mausoleum.
Published in the Miami Herald (Miami, FL) on June 15, 1972
Contributor: CJohnston (49877364)
Services for Vaughan Camp, 80, founder of the Dowling-Camp Lumber Co. of Fort Myers, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Bess Memorial Shores Chapel. Mr. Camp, who came to Miami in 1932, lived at 577 NE 96th St. He died Tuesday at Doctors Hospital. A native of Franklin, Va., Mr. Camp was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a bachelor of science degree and received his master’s degree from the University of Virginia. He was associated with the Camp Manufacturing Co., founded by his father, and later served as its secretary-treasurer. He served in France as a lieutenant during World War I, and after his discharge became secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Pine Association. In 1924, he founded Dowling-Camp Lumber Co. and eight years later came to Miami to become a liquidator for Dade County Security Co. He retired from business in 1940. The family business merged in 1959 and became the Union-Camp Bag Co. He was a member of the Downtown Rotary Club and was past president of the Military Order of World Wars. Mr. Camp was known for his annual open house on Christmas Day, which started out with a handful of friends after his arrival in Miami. It was the oldest of its kind in Dade County. He is survived by three sons, Vaughan Jr., Lowry and Robert;11 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Private burial services will be at the Woodlawn Mausoleum.
Published in the Miami Herald (Miami, FL) on June 15, 1972
Contributor: CJohnston (49877364)
Vaughan Camp, 80; Founded Fort Myers Lumber Firm
Services for Vaughan Camp, 80, founder of the Dowling-Camp Lumber Co. of Fort Myers, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Bess Memorial Shores Chapel. Mr. Camp, who came to Miami in 1932, lived at 577 NE 96th St. He died Tuesday at Doctors Hospital. A native of Franklin, Va., Mr. Camp was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a bachelor of science degree and received his master’s degree from the University of Virginia. He was associated with the Camp Manufacturing Co., founded by his father, and later served as its secretary-treasurer. He served in France as a lieutenant during World War I, and after his discharge became secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Pine Association. In 1924, he founded Dowling-Camp Lumber Co. and eight years later came to Miami to become a liquidator for Dade County Security Co. He retired from business in 1940. The family business merged in 1959 and became the Union-Camp Bag Co. He was a member of the Downtown Rotary Club and was past president of the Military Order of World Wars. Mr. Camp was known for his annual open house on Christmas Day, which started out with a handful of friends after his arrival in Miami. It was the oldest of its kind in Dade County. He is survived by three sons, Vaughan Jr., Lowry and Robert;11 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Private burial services will be at the Woodlawn Mausoleum.
Published in the Miami Herald (Miami, FL) on June 15, 1972
Contributor: CJohnston (49877364)
Services for Vaughan Camp, 80, founder of the Dowling-Camp Lumber Co. of Fort Myers, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Bess Memorial Shores Chapel. Mr. Camp, who came to Miami in 1932, lived at 577 NE 96th St. He died Tuesday at Doctors Hospital. A native of Franklin, Va., Mr. Camp was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a bachelor of science degree and received his master’s degree from the University of Virginia. He was associated with the Camp Manufacturing Co., founded by his father, and later served as its secretary-treasurer. He served in France as a lieutenant during World War I, and after his discharge became secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Pine Association. In 1924, he founded Dowling-Camp Lumber Co. and eight years later came to Miami to become a liquidator for Dade County Security Co. He retired from business in 1940. The family business merged in 1959 and became the Union-Camp Bag Co. He was a member of the Downtown Rotary Club and was past president of the Military Order of World Wars. Mr. Camp was known for his annual open house on Christmas Day, which started out with a handful of friends after his arrival in Miami. It was the oldest of its kind in Dade County. He is survived by three sons, Vaughan Jr., Lowry and Robert;11 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Private burial services will be at the Woodlawn Mausoleum.
Published in the Miami Herald (Miami, FL) on June 15, 1972
Contributor: CJohnston (49877364)
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