James Edward “Jim” Campbell

James Edward “Jim” Campbell, 78, of Turpin, Ok passed away Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center in Liberal, KS after a long fight with cancer.

James was born at his home in rural Dombey, Oklahoma, the son of John and Evalee Crawford Campbell.

He accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior at a young age at Bible School and was baptized in 1945. He was a member of the Turpin United Methodist Church.

In 1956 he was inducted into the US Army and was a driver for a US Army General in Germany and Holland. He service in the Army Reserve from 1958 to 1962.

On December 14, 1960 he married Carole Packer. They had two children Janie Lynn and Lee Allen. He later married Carolee Hood.

James farmed and ranched full time until he took a rural mail route through the Turpin Post Office in 1976. He enjoyed traveling to Rural Letter Carrier conventions and was the president of the Rural Letter Carriers Association in 1991 and worked to arrange the national convention in Oklahoma City. He made many friends across the country. Jim retired in 2001 and traveled.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his son, Lee.

Members of the family are his daughter, Janie and Tim Jacobs of Adams, Oklahoma; his sister, Delma Campbell of Liberal, Kansas; five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 29, 2015 at the Turpin United Methodist Church, Turpin, Oklahoma with Rev. Todd Bergman officiating. Interment will be in the Union Center Cemetery near Adams, Oklahoma directed by Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Ok.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Turpin Chapter of Relay for Life or the Turpin United Methodist Church or Union Center Cemetery and may be left at Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Box 745, Hooker, Oklahoma 73945.

Condolences may be left at www.robertsbrothersfuneralhome.com