CAMPBELL, Charles W. - Putnam

Charles W. CAMPBELL, who has been ill for some weeks with what diagnosed as an embolism or blood clot died on Saturday morning. Funeral services at the Methodist Church on Monday afternoon were in charge of Rev. JO Carder assisted by Rev FO Fraley. Mrs. Frank Gardner, with Mrs. Lowell Spencer at the piano, sang as a solo, The Beautiful Garden of Prayer. A quartet, OG Swanay, Corta Dooley; Paul Emmert and Myron Banta sang selections. The pall bearers were Wilfred Greve; Hubert Loudermill; Webb Ewbank; Parke White; GM Cowan and Guy Durham. The flowers were carried by Mrs. Elby Emmert; Mrs. John Buchanan; Mrs. Georgia Cox; Mrs. Hubert Loudermill; Mrs. Guy Durham; Mrs Homer Robison; Mrs. Ray Miller; Mary Fraley and Lois Stansfield. Burial at Maple Ridge.

Charles Waters Campbell was the son of Alexander Campbell and Caroline Hottle Campbell. He was born on the home farm near Darlington in Montgomery County and was one of a family of six children. With his passing, all of his father's family are now gone excepting one sister, Mrs. Ettie E. Fraley of Greencastle. On Feb 20, 1919, Charles Campbell married Miss Henrietta Brown. To this union there were born a son, Robert Harold, a daughter, Mildred Louise. These, with their mother, survive him to mourn their loss. The early home of Charles Campbell was a Christian Home, as was also the home established by him. He was taught in early life to love and reverence his Lord, and to attend church. He came into the Waveland community to live some 26 years ago. While he was yet living on the Cowan farm northwest of Waveland, he was married and with his wife united with the Waveland Methodist Church, kneeling at his altar and making his public confession of Jesus Christ as his Lord and Master. Charles W. Campbell was well known by all in the community as an honest and upright man, a good neighbor and a good citizen. None ever doubted where he would stand as to questions of right and wrong. He stood for the right always. A man who has known Mr. Campbell for more than 20 years and with whom he had close dealings, said of him today, "I n all my dealings with men for more than 50 years I have never known one who was more honest and upright, nor one who was more the soul or honor than he. I heard him praised highly as a young man when I first met him, and the noble estimate then given me was never for me lowered in any degree by anything he ever said or did. He kept scrupously every contract. He could be equally depended upon without a written agreement. His honesty was such that he would willingly take a loss himself, rather than be the cause of bringing loss to another. Charles W. Campbell came through life's duties and difficulties with a triumphant faith and hope and with his shield of honor unsullied. It seems hardly possible to all of us who knew him best that he is gone. We know that his influence for good in the places where he has lived with long remain. In the words of the Hoosier poet, we affirm: "I cannot say, I will not say, that he is dead, he is just away, with a cheery smile and wave of the hand. He has wandered into an unknown land, and left us dreaming how very fair, it needs must be since he lingers there." kbz--