Pauline Eleam "Polly" Campbell

CAMPBELL, Pauline Eleam "Polly," 91, of Bowling Green, died Tuesday, December 2, 2008 in Mary Washington Hospital. Born in Hamilton County, Tenn., she was a 1938 graduate of Horace Greeley School in New York and a 1942 graduate of the University of Tennessee's College of Nursing. Polly enlisted in the United States Navy Nurse Corps in 1942 and served during World War II. She was the widow of Ray S. Campbell Sr., whom she married December 1, 1944 in Pasco, Washington. After a 34-year career, she retired in 1983 as supervisor of the Emergency Room at Mary Washington Hospital. Survivors include three sons, Thomas Edward Campbell II and his wife, Nancy Thomas Campbell and their children, Emily Catherine Campbell, David Alexander Campbell, and Stephen Thomas Campbell; Daniel Elliott Campbell II and his wife, Kathy Trimmer and their children, Elliott Thomas Campbell, Anthony Daniel Campbell, and Kristina Elisabeth Campbell; and Ray S. Campbell Jr. and his wife, Kimberly Curtis Campbell and son, Brandon Dean Parks. A funeral service will be held Monday, December 8, at 2 p.m. in St. Asaphs Episcopal Church, Bowling Green, where she was a faithful member. Burial, with U.S. Navy honors, will follow in Lakewood Cemetery, Bowling Green. The family will receive friends at Storke Funeral Home, Bowling Green, Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Asaphs Building Fund. Sign register book online at www.storkefuneralhome.com.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.