In Memoriam
Rhiannon Southwick Campbell
1993-2008
Funeral Blues:
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum, Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let the aeroplanes circle moaning overhead, Scribbling on the sky the message She is Dead, Put Crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves, Let the traffic policeman wear black cotton gloves.
She was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought love would last forever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now; put out every one, Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun, Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods; For nothing now can ever come to any good.
- W.H. Auden
On Monday, September 1, 2008, Rhiannon Southwick Campbell's too brief life ended. She was born 15 years ago, in London, and has lived in Scottsville, Virginia, since 2004.
She is survived by her parents, Jim and Jennifer Campbell of Scottsville; her beloved brother, Niall, also of Scottsville; her grandparents, Pam Tompkins of Scottsville, Charles Tompkins of Washington, Virginia, and James M. Campbell II of Waterloo Ontario; her aunts and uncles, Stephanie and Scott Senn of Kinards, South Carolina, Anne and Udo Hortian of Waterloo Ontario, Helen and Kranti Toraskar of Honk Kong; her cousins, Madeline Senn of Kinards, Tara Parker of Waterloo, Adam Hortian of Waterloo, Nikhil Toraskar of Hong Kong, Meera Toraskar of Hong Kong, and Mr. and Mrs. Chetan Toraskar of Las Vegas, Nevada. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Catherine Campbell.
Rhiannon enjoyed numerous hobbies and interests including riding her beloved horses, Belle and Snickers, where she participated in horse shows, earning various ribbons; she was an avid lover of animals and leaves behind a beloved dog named King; she consistently achieved high academics by being on the Honor Roll; she loved music and was a voracious reader; she had love of and gift for photography; and she was a staunch environmentalist.
Her funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, September 6, 2008, at Christ Church Episcopal in Glendower. Interment will follow immediately after at the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Friday, September 5, 2008, at Thacker Brothers Funeral Home in Scottsville.
In lieu of flowers, memorials suggested for the Days End Farm Horse Rescue (www.defhr.org), Gallastar Equine Center, or the Piedmont Environmental Council (www.pecva.org).
This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.
