ELKTON Bertha Swann Glidewell Campbell, 82, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004 at Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville.
Born in Cross Plains, Tenn. Dec. 8, 1921 to the late Uwell and Priscilla Olive Swann Glidewell, she was co-owner and operator of Campbell's Drug Store in Elkton for 46 years, a homemaker, teacher and bookkeeper and a graduate of Western Kentucky University. She was also a member of Petrie Memorial United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school for 50 years and coached men's basketball at Clifty School. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Aubrey Gray Campbell in 2003.
Survivors include three sons, Dr. A.G. Campbell of Elkton, Dr. Duncan Campbell of Hopkinsville and Henry Brooke Campbell of Carrie, N.C.; a sister, Mary Ann Browning of Cross Plains; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Sept. 18 at Glenwood Cemetery in Elkton with the Rev. Will Campbell officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Kentucky United Methodist Homes for Children and Youth at Melinda-Ryles-Smith at KYUMH, P.O. Box 749, Versailles, KY 40383. Latham Funeral Home in Elkton was in charge of arrangements.
ELKTON Bertha Swann Glidewell Campbell, 82, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004 at Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville.
Born in Cross Plains, Tenn. Dec. 8, 1921 to the late Uwell and Priscilla Olive Swann Glidewell, she was co-owner and operator of Campbell's Drug Store in Elkton for 46 years, a homemaker, teacher and bookkeeper and a graduate of Western Kentucky University. She was also a member of Petrie Memorial United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school for 50 years and coached men's basketball at Clifty School. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Aubrey Gray Campbell in 2003.
Survivors include three sons, Dr. A.G. Campbell of Elkton, Dr. Duncan Campbell of Hopkinsville and Henry Brooke Campbell of Carrie, N.C.; a sister, Mary Ann Browning of Cross Plains; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Sept. 18 at Glenwood Cemetery in Elkton with the Rev. Will Campbell officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Kentucky United Methodist Homes for Children and Youth at Melinda-Ryles-Smith at KYUMH, P.O. Box 749, Versailles, KY 40383. Latham Funeral Home in Elkton was in charge of arrangements.
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