Cecil Martin CAMLIN Jr.

CAMLIN, Cecil Martin Jr., 76, of Fort Worth, died Thursday, November 18, 2010. A memorial service was held 2 p.m. Friday, November 26, at St. Stephen Presbyterian Church in Ft. Worth. He is survived by his devoted wife of 53 years, Sara Greer Camlin; their children, Margaret Ritsch and her husband, the Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch, and their children, Sara Caitlin Ritsch and Benjamin Camlin Ritsch of Fort Worth, Cynthia Camlin and her husband, Douglas Loewen, their son, Giles Camlin Rhodenhiser, of Bellingham, Wash., and daughter, Carol Camlin and her life partner, Isabelle de Rezende, and their daughter, Cecilia de Rezende Camlin of Oakland, Calif.; sisters and brother, Marilyn Shokes of Charleston, S.C., Julia Sellers and her husband, Dr. Phillip Sellers, of Hendersonville, N.C., Vivian Meggs and her husband, Thomas, Sybil Schubert and her husband, Richard, and Harold Camlin and his wife, Sandra, all of Florence, S.C. Cecil was born January 10, 1934, in Florence, S.C. After graduating from high school in Florence, he received a BA from Wofford College in Spartanburg, and a master of divinity from Emory University School of Theology in Atlanta, Ga. He served as a United Methodist minister for 20 years, then managed substance abuse treatment programs in Virginia for 15 years until his retirement. He became a financial planner with American Express Financial Advisors in Richmond, until his full retirement in 2002. In 2008, he and his wife, Sara, relocated to Fort Worth to be near their daughter, Margaret, where Mrs. Camlin still resides. The family requests that any memorials be given to All Saints Health Foundation, Transplant Program, 1400 Eighth Ave., Fort Worth, Texas 76104 or to St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, 2700 McPherson Ave., Ft. Worth, TX 76109.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.