Donald Benjamin Campbell, 86, of Mount Morris, Pa., died at 4:18 p.m. Saturday, March 30, 2019, at home.
He was born Saturday, Oct. 15, 1932, in Pleasant Valley, a son of the late Lenzie J. Campbell and Beulah B. Hamill Campbell.
Mr. Campbell was a member of the Mount Morris Gospel Tabernacle Assembly of God. He was a veteran having served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War and served in Germany. He worked in youth ministry and was a song leader for several years. Mr. Campbell started Jesus 4 U Ministry, where he taught and licensed ministers. He loved serving the Lord. Mr. Campbell loved spending time with family and friends. By trade, he was a tool and dye man. He later worked as a coal miner working in several mines and retiring from Emerald Coal Mine in Waynesburg.
He was married to his first wife, Alma Lee Reed Campbell for 50-plus years.
He is survived by his second wife, Cheryl Reeder Turnipseed, whom he married May 16, 2012.
Also surviving are a daughter, Donna Straight, of Mount Morris; twin sons, Dean Campbell and his wife, Tracie, of Carmichaels, Pa., and Dale Campbell, and his wife, Terri, of Carmichaels; seven grandchildren, Serena Straight, Cassie DiFucci, McKenzie Campbell, Logan Campbell, Ty Campbell, Alex Campbell and Nicholas Campbell; a sister, Adalean Campbell, of Mount Morris; a brother, Walter Campbell, of Gallatin, Tenn; and several nieces and nephews.
Deceased are four sisters, Helen Rudolph, Vauda Bither, Jean Novotny and Maxine V. Frankenberry.
Friends will be received at Milliken and Throckmorton FH Inc., 324 Mount Morris Road, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 4, with the Rev. Don McCulla officiating. Burial will be held at Cedar Grove Cemetery, in Mount Morris. Graveside military rites will be accorded by James T. Maxon American Legion 992 and Representatives of the United States Army.
Condolences: milliken-throckmortonfh.com
