Cumberland-Robeson County NcArchives Obituaries.....Campbell, Alice March 27, 1931
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Fayetteville Observer  -  27 March 1931
   Miss Alice Campbell, a prominent figure in the life of Fayetteville for
almost a century, passed away early this morning at her family home on Rowan
Street after an illness of three weeks.  Miss Campbell was 92 years old in
January.  She retained her youth and strength to such a degree that she was an
unceasing marvel to younger persons. She was stricken by no disease, so far as
could be told, but slipped off her mortal life as gracefully as she had lived. 
Grace, poise and dignity were characteristic of all she did through a long life
that saw her engaged in many and varied activities.
   These activities ranged all the way from making cartridges for Lee's
immortals in the strenuous days of the 1860's to the quite tasks of the school
room. In patriotic, civic and church endeavors she was always foremost and most
efficient.  She was one of the first of the women who took upon themselves the
duty of honoring the memory of the Civil War dead and engaged in this sacred
duty for years before the memorial associations and Daughters of the Confederacy
were organized.  She was a pioneer in those organizations.
   The funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock from St.
John's Episcopal church, of which Miss Campbell was a lifelong member.
   She was the daughter of the late Archibald M. Campbell and Mrs. Elizabeth
Moore Campbell of Fayetteville. A brother, Archibald M. Campbell died a week ago
today.  She leaves two brothers, Capt. Alexander Campbell and Charles Campbell,
of this city, and three sisters, Misses Ella and Frances Campbell of
Fayetteville, and Mrs. Richard Daingerfield of Asheville.
   For the past eighteen years Miss Campbell had made her home with M.D.
Armfield, her nephew by marriage, devoting her time to the rearing of her
great-nephew, Marcus Donald Armfield, Jr., now a member of the air service of
the United States Army.  A year ago she returned to the old home.
   Miss Campbell was a remarkably versatile woman, and in all her varied
accomplishments she was thorough, painstaking, and accurate. She played a large
part in the rehabilitation of the Cumberland county fair after the War Between
the States, and for many years had charge of the womens department of the fair.
 She was a good business woman, and many of the old records of Cumberland county
are in her flawless handwriting. She was an authority on local history, and was
constantly sought by inquirers after facts connected with the old Fayetteville.
 Her bright mind retained much of the moving scenes through which she lived, and
it is safe to say that valuable history has been preserved through her faithful
memory.  Her beauty and personality made her a belle of antebellum society, and
it was recalled today by older persons that at the fair held here before the
Civil War she was crowned "queen of love and beauty".

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