Miss Campbell

CAMPBELL, Miss Madeline Rose - Age 58, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2011 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 2, 2011 at Word of Life Christian Church, 460 West Atherton Road, with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Pastor George D. Wilkinson officiating. Interment Sunset Hills Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Friday. Miss Campbell will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, and may be viewed from 12Noon-8 p.m. Thursday. Miss Madeline Rose Campbell was born November 6, 1952 in Flint, Michigan; she was the second daughter of Clarence C. Campbell Sr. and Rose Louise (Holliday) Campbell. Madeline attended Flint Community Schools. She enjoyed writing, photography and traveling. Madeline had the opportunity to see much of United States by car on road trips with her parents. She often spoke playfully and lovingly about being a member of the “Original Three,” which referred to the three oldest children of Clarence and Rose Campbell’s six children. Madeline never married nor had any children, but she had two beloved pet parakeets affectionately known as, “Sonny and Cher.” She leaves to cherish her memory; mother, Rose Louise (Holliday) Campbell; three sisters, Gail Williams (Charlie Bruce) of Flint, Carole (James) Williams of Ada, MI and Cheryl Campbell of Woodbridge, VA; two brothers, Clarence (Bettina) Campbell Jr. of Rankin and Robert (Wanda) Campbell of Fenton; she also leaves seven nieces, Dionne (Nate) Elliott, TaMara Campbell, Michelle Williams, La’Tia Williams, Rhaiana Campbell, Alexis Elliott and Moneisha Campbell; seven nephews, Terrance (Regina) Campbell, Jo’Von Rutherford, Andre Rutherford, Garrett Williams, Jonathan Campbell, Torrance Campbell, Tyler Campbell and Jay’ln Rutherford; aunts, Marion Hudspeth, Essie Lattimore and Catherine Williams; she will also be remembered by a host of other relatives and friends including special friend, Cynthia Higgins. Miss Campbell was preceded in death by her father, Clarence C. Campbell Sr.; maternal grandparents, Ernest Myers Holliday and Rosa Georgia; paternal grandparents, Hardwick and Eula Mae Campbell; and aunts, Eula Dew and Abby Byars. The family reserves special thanks and recognition for beloved sisters Gail and Carole, who each did so much to help Madeline achieve and maintain independent living status later in life. The family also wishes to express special thanks to Fay, Linda, Chris, and other staff and residents of Lockwood of Burton; and the Word of Life Christian Church family.

Miss Campbell

November 6, 1952 - August 25, 2011