Okfuskee, OK – Obit - Camp, Tom P., abt 1878-1956 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Donna Barnes Email address: okfuskee@losdos.org Date submitted: 5/16/1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by noncommercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files by noncommercial entities and libraries is encouraged. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Okemah News Leader, Thursday, April 25, 1996 (reprint from August 21, 1956) Services Held for Tom P. Camp Services for Tom P. Camp, 78, pioneer farmer-rancher and prominent horticulturist here, were held at 2 p.m. today in the First Baptist Church here, Rev. Ira Harrison officiating, assisted by pastor Rev. Lawrence Stewart. Interment followed in Highland Cemetery under direction of the Parks Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Leroy Lambeth, Don Bean, Fred Ratterree, Ray M. Taylor, Herb Peden, and Jess I. Miracle. Camp, who settled here in 1908 and established the Camp Ranch west of Okemah, died at his home Sunday following a brief illness. He had been in failing health for several years. A native of Macomb, Ill., he lived in Beebe, Ark. A short while before moving to Okemah. He married his wife Luna, there just prior to the Okla. move. Owner of a ranch known over the state for its pecan and sweet potato crops, Camp was a horticulturist of note and an honorary member of the Horticulture Club of Oklahoma A & M. He developed several approved techniques and variations in the growing of sweet potatoes. Camp was one of the first 20 state residents to be recognized as a Master Farmer in ceremonies at Guthrie in 1927. A longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church here, he was also a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Blue Lodge here. Surviving are his wife, Luna, son Thomas Camp, and one daughter, Frances, all of the home; a second daughter, Mrs. L. M. Johnson, Chickasha; two sisters, Mrs. J. M. Grubbs, Cushing, and Mrs. E. H. Abington, Beebe, Ark.; and seven granddaughters.