J. LARRY CAMPBELL

J. Larry Campbell MEADOWVIEW, Va. J. Larry Campbell, age 62, a lifelong resident of Washington County, Va., passed away Friday, June 11, 2010, in Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 29, 1948 in Bristol Virginia, a son of the late Harry Luther Campbell and Katie Ruth Warren Campbell. Mr. Campbell was a former fire safety engineer for the Commonwealth of Virginia, having retired in 2003. He was a 1966 graduate of Virginia High and a 1970 graduate of Carson Newman College, where he was a member of the Eagle Club. He was a volunteer at Kingsway Charities and was a charter member of the Dream Team of Kingsway Charities. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church in Bristol Virginia. Survivors include his wife, Pamela Edwards Campbell; three children, Laura Carr and husband, Andrew, Luke Campbell and wife, Julie, and Maggie Gilbert and husband, Dwain; one sister, Debra Simpson and husband, Tim; two nieces, Gwen and Naomi Simpson; and he was known as "Grumpy" to his six grandchildren, Katey, Drew, Kenna, Paige, Keaton and Meka. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 13, 2010, at Victory Baptist Church, 11101 Island Road, Bristol, VA 24202. Dr. Austin Cook and the Rev. Larry Stallard will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Sunday evening prior to the service at the church. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 14, 2010, at the Warren Family Cemetery in Washington County, Va. Those wishing to attend the graveside service are asked to assemble at the cemetery by 10:45 a.m., Monday. Active pallbearers will be Dayton Owens, John McCormick, Ed Phillips, Oles Miller, Larry Bennett and Keith Crabtree. Honorary pallbearers will be the volunteers of Kingsway Charities. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Kingsway Charities, 1119 Commonwealth Ave., Bristol, VA 24201 in memory of J. Larry Campbell. Frost Funeral Home of Abingdon, Va. is honored to serve the family of Mr. Campbell and online condolences may be submitted to his family at www.frostfuneralhome.com