Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries: Ralph McCampbell, Sr. Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by: Don Raymond The Stanberry Headlight, Gentry County, Missouri, Thursday, May 7, 1953, front page: Accident Takes Life of Ralph McCampbell, 60: Prominent Stanberry Farmer Is Killed in Tractor Accident Monday Afternoon: Ralph McCampbell, 60-year-old Stanberry Farmer, was killed almost instantly Monday afternoon at his farm west of the city, when a tractor overturned on him, pinning him to the ground. According to a Stanberry physician, who attended the prominent farmer, McCampbell's upper body was crushed by the weight of the tractor. The mishap occurred at about 2 p.m. Monday several hundred yards southeast of the farm home, where the farmer and his son, Ralph McCampbell, jr., were grading a ditch. The Stanberrian was driving a Ford tractor when the vehicle overturned in the 5 foot ditch. McCampbell lived only a few seconds after the accident. Ralph McCampbell was the son of the late Harry and Martha McCampbell. He was born Apr. 3, 1893, at Hopkins, Mo. When he was one year old, the family moved to Gentry county and settled near Gentry, where he grew to manhood. He was married to Miss Velma Rainey on July 29, 1914. For several years he taught in the rural schools in the Gentry vicinity and then moved to a farm near Darlington. For the past 17 years he had farmed about two miles northwest of Stanberry. In early life he united with the Old Brick church, a Christian church near Gentry, and retained his membership there. He had been a member of the Modern Woodmen lodge for many years. During his life as a farmer, he was recognized as being particularly progressive and one of the prominent farmers of Gentry county. Surviving him are the widow, of the home; three children, Donald R. of near King City, Ralph, jr., of Stanberry and Mrs. Robert Elder, of Los Angeles, Calif.; one brother, Ross McCampbell, of Kansas City, and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held for Mr. McCampbell yesterday afternoon at the Christian church here, conducted by the Rev. Charles R. Hagee. Burial was in High Ridge cemetery. The services were under the direction of the Phillips mortuary.