"John Campbell was born August 15, 1953 in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Harry G. Campbell and Mary Estelle Burleson Campbell. He grew up in San Antonio where he attended San Antonio College, UTSA and St. Mary's. John was employed at Southwest Research for 28 years as a Senior Engineering Technologist. He designed and help build a new piece of equipment that gauged metal fatigue under extreme conditions. He also did work on the Space Shuttle tiles, testing on design specs for the first Stealth bomber and the Mars rover. He had earned a Kempo Black Belt, with the thesis titled "A Method to Study and Quantify the Physics and Power of Striking Blows."
"Survivors include two sons, Thomas Campbell and Ryan Campbell both of San Antonio; three cousins, Mike Burleson of Burnet, Kelly Burleson of Dripping Springs and Andrea Burleson of Barrington, Illinois; one aunt, Toni Burleson of Burnet and a second cousin, Flip Flippen and family of College Station.
"Prior to the service in Coleman, there will be a family visitation starting at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Stevens Funeral Home, 400 W. Pecan Street, Coleman, Texas 76834."
(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice. Used with permission.)
"John Campbell was born August 15, 1953 in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Harry G. Campbell and Mary Estelle Burleson Campbell. He grew up in San Antonio where he attended San Antonio College, UTSA and St. Mary's. John was employed at Southwest Research for 28 years as a Senior Engineering Technologist. He designed and help build a new piece of equipment that gauged metal fatigue under extreme conditions. He also did work on the Space Shuttle tiles, testing on design specs for the first Stealth bomber and the Mars rover. He had earned a Kempo Black Belt, with the thesis titled "A Method to Study and Quantify the Physics and Power of Striking Blows."
"Survivors include two sons, Thomas Campbell and Ryan Campbell both of San Antonio; three cousins, Mike Burleson of Burnet, Kelly Burleson of Dripping Springs and Andrea Burleson of Barrington, Illinois; one aunt, Toni Burleson of Burnet and a second cousin, Flip Flippen and family of College Station.
"Prior to the service in Coleman, there will be a family visitation starting at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Stevens Funeral Home, 400 W. Pecan Street, Coleman, Texas 76834."
(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice. Used with permission.)
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