Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Campbell, Ruth C. Camp, 1976 

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RUTH CUTCHINS CAMP CAMPBELL

MRS. RUTH CAMPBELL, LAND DONOR, DIES

   FRANKLIN - Mrs. Ruth Camp Campbell, widow of Henry M. Campbell and a donor 
of the land for the Paul D. Camp Community College here, died Tuesday.

   Named First Citizen of Franklin in 1970, Mrs. Campbell was a member of 
the Patrick Henry Hospital board, the Franklin Charity Board and the United 
Daughters of the Confederacy.

   She was a daughter of the late Paul Douglas Camp, who founded Camp 
Manufacturing Co., a forerunner of Union-Camp Corp.

   Mrs. Campbell was a member of Franklin Baptist Church, where she was a 
member of the Women’s Missionary Society and taught Sunday school for many 
years.

   With her sister, Mrs. Billie Camp Younts, Mrs. Campbell gave the land on 
which the Paul D. Camp Community college is built.  Mrs. Campbell also gave a 
gymnasium to Southampton Academy.

   She is survived by a brother, Dr. Paul D. Camp of Richmond, and three 
sisters, Mrs. Robert Marks of Boykins, Mrs. Charles R. Younts of Atlanta, and 
Mrs. Webster Walker of Southport, Conn.

   A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Franklin Baptist 
Church, with burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery, here.

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RUTH CUTCHINS CAMP CAMPBELL

   Mrs. Ruth Camp Campbell, of Franklin, died January 6, 1976.  She was the 
widow of Henry M. Campbell, daughter of the late Paul Douglas and Ella Cobb 
Camp, a member of the Franklin Baptist Church, the Women’s Missionary Society, 
and taught Sunday School for a number of years.  She was Franklin’s first 
citizen in 1970, on the City of Franklin’s Charity Board, a board member of 
the Patrick Henry Hospital, and a member of the United Daughters of 
Confederacy.  Being very philanthropic she gave the land for Paul D. Camp 
Community College and a gymnasium for Southampton Academy.  Being very humble, 
hospitable and charitable, her home was always open.  Survived by one brother, 
Dr. Paul D. Camp of Richmond; three sisters, Mrs. Robert Marks of Boykins, 
Mrs. Charles Younts of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Webster Walker of Southport, 
Conn.  Funeral services Thursday 3 p.m. from Franklin Baptist Church.  Burial 
in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin.  Arrangements by W.J.M. Holland & Son 
Funeral Home.


Ruth Cutchins (CAMP; Mrs. Henry M.) CAMPBELL, of Franklin, 
philanthropist- donated land for PDCCC, 
d. 6 Jan 1976, age 78, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 115*), Franklin, 
   8 Jan 1976, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Jan. 7, 1976, B-2 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Her husband's obits ("Tidewater News," Nov. 2, 1945, p. 1 & 
   Nov. 9, 1945, p. 1) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c514h1ob.txt 


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