Ralph Willard Campbell

Mr. Ralph Willard Campbell, 86, of 1411 Birch Street, Kannapolis, died Thursday, July 4, 2002, at Brightmoor Nursing Center in Salisbury. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Sunday, July 7, 2002, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Robert D. Howard will officiate. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:00 PM Saturday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the home of a granddaughter, Vonda Gray, 4740 Irish Potato Road, Kannapolis. Mr. Campbell was born July 28, 1915 in Hickory, NC. He was a son of the late Clarence Campbell and Beulah Pruitt Campbell. He retired several years ago from Cannon Mills, Plant Four in Kannapolis. He formerly attended Church of God of the Bible. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Sally Phillips, and a brother, Grover Campbell. Mr. Campbell is survived by three daughters, Rebecca "Janie" Davidson of Kannapolis, Judy King of Augusta, GA, and Faye Honeycutt of Concord; son, Robert Campbell of Mooresville; three sisters, Rosie Mayberry of Galveston, GA, Lois Johns of Cleveland, TN, and Pauline Weathers of Chattanooga, TN; former wife, Viola Absher; seven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.