Lois Avanell Campbell

Lois Avanell Wilson Campbell, age 79, of the Haywood Valley Road, Armuchee, GA, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, February 29, 2012, in a Rome hospital following a sudden illness.

Mrs. Campbell was born on December 29, 1932, in Summerville, GA, the daughter of the late Lester King Wilson and the late Irene Fountain Wilson. She was a homemaker, seamstress, as well as a loving caretaker for every member of the family. Mrs. Campbell was a long time member of Ebenezer Baptist Church where she served as a former church clerk.

Mrs. Campbell is survived by her husband, Earl Campbell, to whom she was married on August 5, 1950; a daughter and son-in-law, Joan and Eugene Arnold of Armuchee; granddaughters and spouses, Redonna and Scot Branton, Jessica and Kevin Mattox, Cyja King, of Armuchee, and Denise and Bob Wesson of Summerville; great-grandchildren, Brien Branton, Baylee Anell Branton and Cy King, of Armuchee; brother and sisters-in-law, Frank and Isabel Campbell, of Homer, GA, Mildred and Hap Tietjen, Plains, GA, Maxine Campbell of Armuchee. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Mrs. Campbell will remain at Fred Talley's Parkview Chapel Funeral Home where the family will receive friends Saturday afternoon, March 3, 2012, from 1:00 until 3:00 p.m.

Funeral services for Mrs. Campbell will follow on Saturday afternoon, at 3:30 p.m. from the graveside of Oaknoll Memorial Gardens with Rev. Clyde Wilson and Rev. Doug Mattox officiating. The funeral procession will leave the funeral home on Saturday afternoon at approximately 3:05 p.m.

Pallbearers are asked to meet at the funeral home on Saturday afternoon by 2:15 p.m. and include Scot Branton, Brien Branton, Kevin Mattox, David Campbell, Wesley Campbell, Jody Campbell and Cy King.

The family will be at the home of the daughter and son-in-law on the Haywood Valley Road, Armuchee.

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Fred Talley and the staff of Fred Talley's Parkview Chapel Funeral Home are serving the family of Mrs. Lois Avanell Wilson Campbell.