Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthMar 7, 1926, Alto, Amherst County, Virginia470, Bernard “Ralph” Campbell Sr.
DeathOct 16, 1991, West Virginia470, Bernard “Ralph” Campbell Sr.
BurialResthaven Memorial Park, 1917 West Main Street, Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia470, Bernard “Ralph” Campbell Sr.
Spouses
BirthApr 14, 1931, Boissevain, Tazewell County, Virginia470, Lorene “Betty” Davidson Campbell
DeathFeb 15, 2012, Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia470, Lorene “Betty” Davidson Campbell
BurialResthaven Memorial Park, 1917 West Main Street, Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia470, Lorene “Betty” Davidson Campbell
FatherSterling DAVIDSON (1903-1983)
MotherDella Mae BOONE (1908-1991)
Obituary Online notes for “Ralph” Bernard Ralph CAMPBELL Sr.
Son of Bernard Hopkins Campbell (Deceased) and Nellie Gertrude Layton-Campbell (Deceased).

Brother of Emory Campbell (Deceased), Louise Gertrude Campbell-Franklin (Deceased), Viola Lee Campbell-Sheets (1931-2014), Frances Marie Campbell-Whittaker (Deceased), Evelyn Bell Campbell-Bailey, and Aileen "Jane" Campbell-Fernandez.

Married to Lorene "Betty" Davidson-Campbell (1931-2012) in June, 1948.

Father of Rosa JuAnn Campbell-McKinney, Bernard Ralph Campbell Jr., Hoppy Campbell, Dorothy Lorene Campbell-Roach, Betty Jo Campbell-Miller, Robert "Jake" Campbell, Randall "Randy" Sterling Campbell (1957-2018), and Della Sue Campbell.

Ralph Campbell was as a sargeant in the US Army until his honorable discharge in 1944. He served in the European Theater in World War II. He became a coal miner after his discharge and worked for 29 years until his retiremend after he developed black lung disease. He died at age 65 from complications of black lung disease.
470, Bernard “Ralph” Campbell Sr.
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