Obituary of James Franklin CAMPBELL, Greene County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Hillman James Franklin Campbell, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Campbell, was born at Carrollton, March 3, 1893 and died at St. John's hospital in St. Louis, at 4:05 a.m. Tuesday Sept. 10, 1912, at the age of 19 years, 6 months, and 7 days. Though he had not been in robust health he was apparently as well as usual until about Friday noon of last week, when he was suddenly taken ill at school and his condition became such that Sunday afternoon he was hurried to the hospital at St. Louis, where the physicians decided that he was suffering with acute appendicitis, and ordered a surgical operation immediately. He failed to recover from the shock and passed away early Tuesday morning. He was a member of the senior class of the White Hall high school and was a young man of more than average ability, honored and respected, not only by his teachers and schoolmates, but by all who knew him. Jan 22nd of this year his mother passed away after a brief illness at her home on Highstreet. Besides the father he is survived by two brothers, Roy and Bert, both of this locality. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W.R.Johnson at the First Baptist Church in this city {White Hall} at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The high school attended in a body. The floral tributes were beautiful and profuse. Interment was made in the White Hall Cemetery. ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproducd in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ***************************************************************** Contributed by: Mary Hillman