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Nancy Howe Campbell

Nancy Howe Campbell was born to Robert and Maude Cain Howe on Dec. 3, 1934 in Stuttgart, Ark. She attended public schools there until her graduation from Stuttgart High School in 1952. Her life in Stuttgart provided countless memories of many friends, horseback riding, playing basketball, and enjoying the innocent freedom found in a small town of that era. Nancy moved with her family to Helena, Ark., in 1952 and began her undergraduate studies at Hollins College in Roanoke, Va., later transferring to and graduating from Southwestern College, now Rhodes College, in Memphis, Tenn. She then attended the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Va., where she met Jim Campbell who was studying to become a Presbyterian pastor. They married and served churches in Natchez, Miss., Wynne, Ark., and Memphis, Tenn. Close to Nancy's heart was her work with Dalmatian rescue – organizing and participating in transports, finding adoptive homes, and claiming many as her own. She was an accomplished pianist, avid tennis player, and a devoted member of the P.E.O., an international Philanthropic Educational Organization dedicated to helping women pursue higher education. Nancy served as a P.E.O. chapter president numerous times, as a trustee for the International Peace Scholarship for three years, and on the State Board of Tennessee in multiple positions from 1985-1992. Nancy also cherished the community she found in multiple choirs over the span of her life, especially during her later years in the choir of the First Unitarian Church in Memphis. Nancy will be missed by numerous friends and by her family who loved her deeply. She is survived by her son Rob Campbell, her sister Peggy Webster, her brother Joe Howe (Rena), her nieces Laurie Perry (Steve), Nan Connell (John), Jamie Deaton, and Caitlin Howe, her nephew Connor Howe, as well as her four great nieces, a great nephew and their families. Predeceased by Robert and Maude Cain Howe and Jim Campbell, Nancy died in Memphis on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, Nov. 4, at 3 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church, the Church of the River, in Memphis.

Published October 29, 2017

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