The Reverend Donald K. Campbell II

The Reverend Donald K. Campbell, II, 97, died September 17, 2025. The son of Margaret McCain and Arthur Wallace Campbell, Sr., grew up in Scott, Arkansas. After attending school at Scott, he transferred to the Little Rock public schools where he was president of the student body at Little Rock Senior High and a member of P.I.E. fraternity. He attended Yale College where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude, then Yale Divinity School with a Bachelor of Divinity degree. He was ordained to the ministry in the Presbyterian Church, US on June 21, 1953, and then did graduate study in liturgics on a Fulbright Scholarship at St. Mary's College, University of St, Andrews, Scotland.
He was pastor of The Presbyterian Church of Crossett, Crossett, AR 1954-1961; organizing evangelist, then pastor, of Grace Presbyterian Church, Little Rock, 1961-1973; Staff Associate for Professional Development with the national office of the Presbyterian Church, US in Atlanta,1973-1981; General Pastor of the Presbytery of South Louisiana, Baton Rouge, 1981-1991; Dean of The Oasis Renewal Center, Little Rock, parttime 1989-1991, full time 1991-1995.
During his ministry some of his major interests were liturgical worship, race relations, spiritual formation, and the training and support of ministers. He was on the Board of Family Service Agency and Presbyterian Village, president of the Greater Little Rock Conference on Religion and Race, and a member of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. Permanent Theological Committee. He chaired the task force that did the original drafting of the Lord's Day Service for the Book of Common Worship of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
In retirement he helped organize and was twice president of Scott Connections, a local history organization; wrote, A Williamson Saga, a history about a former president of Davidson College who became the first Presbyterian pastor in Washington, AR; One Sermon a Year: Prayers from One Pastor's Prie-dieu, and his memoirs, Surrounded … Run.
He is predeceased by his parents, brother Art Campbell and sister Ann Campbell Payne, his son Donald K. Campbell III, and his daughters-in-law, Susan Kaufmann Campbell (Malcolm), and Andrea Eastin Campbell (Donald). He is survived by his daughter, Sarah Campbell Arnett and her husband, Steve, of Greensboro, NC; his son, A. Malcolm Campbell, of Oakland, Maine; and six grandchildren: Aaron, Andrew, Paulina, and Celeste Campbell, and Catherine and Grace Arnett.
Plans for a memorial service and visitation with the family are pending. His body having been given for medical research, at a future time will be inurned at Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Westover Hills Presbyterian Church, 6400 Richard B. Hardie Dr., Little Rock, AR 72207; Grace Presbyterian Church, 9301 Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, AR 72227; Scott Connections, P.O. Box 214, Scott, AR 72142; or Presbyterian Village, 510 Brookside Dr., Little Rock, AR 72205. Arrangements are under the direction of RuebelFuneralHome.com