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Bennie Burton Campbell

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Bennie Burton Campbell

Birth
Helix, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA
Death
20 Dec 2000 (aged 90)
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Iberia, Miller County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Jefferson City Post Tribune, December 2000

Bennie B. Campbell, 90, Iberia, died December 20, 2000, at Capital Region Medical Center. HE was born March 11, 1910, in Helix, Ore., a son of Alfred and Rebecca Zumwalt Campbell. He was married March 11, 1933, in Iberia, to Dorcas Louise Ferguson, who survives at the home.

A graduate of Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, he received a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a master's degree in public school administration from Washington Universtiy, St. Louis. He taught school in Tuscumbia, Macks Creek, Climax Springs and Bunker. He coached sports; was principal and superintendent at several schools; and refereed basketball throughout Central Missouri. HE taught school in Alton, Ill., for 30 years, returning to Iberia in 1972.

He was a member and deacon at Iberia First Baptist Church. He served as Sunday school superintendent at various times, and was a member of Gideons International. He raised Charolais cattle in Iberia.

Other survivors include: one daughter, Lois Marie Akers, Fox Creek, Alberta, Canada; two sons, Wallace Campbell, Hartsburg, and Jim Campbell, Minneapolis; one sister, Letha Johnson, Richland; eight grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Iberia First Baptist Church. The Rev. Glen Golden will officiate. Burial will be in Iberia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Rekus Funeral Home, Iberia. Memorials are suggested to Gideons International.

Jefferson City Post Tribune, December 2000

Bennie B. Campbell, 90, Iberia, died December 20, 2000, at Capital Region Medical Center. HE was born March 11, 1910, in Helix, Ore., a son of Alfred and Rebecca Zumwalt Campbell. He was married March 11, 1933, in Iberia, to Dorcas Louise Ferguson, who survives at the home.

A graduate of Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, he received a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a master's degree in public school administration from Washington Universtiy, St. Louis. He taught school in Tuscumbia, Macks Creek, Climax Springs and Bunker. He coached sports; was principal and superintendent at several schools; and refereed basketball throughout Central Missouri. HE taught school in Alton, Ill., for 30 years, returning to Iberia in 1972.

He was a member and deacon at Iberia First Baptist Church. He served as Sunday school superintendent at various times, and was a member of Gideons International. He raised Charolais cattle in Iberia.

Other survivors include: one daughter, Lois Marie Akers, Fox Creek, Alberta, Canada; two sons, Wallace Campbell, Hartsburg, and Jim Campbell, Minneapolis; one sister, Letha Johnson, Richland; eight grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Iberia First Baptist Church. The Rev. Glen Golden will officiate. Burial will be in Iberia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Rekus Funeral Home, Iberia. Memorials are suggested to Gideons International.



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