Day Hamilton Campbell |
| Posted 2020-01-04 by Pat R |
| Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona) Saturday, September 12, 1970, p. 43 Col., Mrs. D. Campbell, killed during flash flood Services for Col. Day Hamilton Campbell, 71, and his wife, Mina Louise, 67, will be at 12:30 p.m. today in A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary, 333 W. Adams. Entombment will be in Greenwood Mausoleum. The Campbells drowned last Saturday in a flash flood on Tonto Creek east of Payson. They lived at 721 W. Vernon and in a summer home on Tonto Creek east of Payson. The couple came to the Valley in 1925 from Crossett, Ark. Campbell retired as Mesa branch manager of Mountain Bell in 1953. A veteran of both world wars, his military career started as an enlisted man in May 1915 and after leaving the infantry as a first lieutenant in April 1919, he was recalled as a captain in January 1942. He retired as a colonel in 1956. Among his awards was the Bronze Star, the French and Luxembourg Croix de Guerre with Palm and Officer de la Couronne of Belgium. During World War II, he was assigned to the staff of General Eisenhower as chief of public safety in Belgium and Luxembourg where he won three battle stars. Campbell was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Reserve Officers Association, a Masonic lodge, Scottish Rite, Telephone Pioneers and First Baptist Church. Born in Arkansas, he was graduated Magna Cum Laude from Ouachita College, Ark., in 1923. His survivors include a brother, Dr. Doak Campbell of Tallahassee, Fla. Mrs. Campbell was also a member of the church and the Garden Club here. Born in Hope, Ark., her survivors include nieces and nephews. See Also: Find A Grave |
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