Mary Lee Campbell

b. 10 February 1924, d. 30 January 2001
  • Mary Lee Campbell was born on 10 February 1924 in Galveston, Texas.
  • Archibald Rowland Campbell and Katherine Wilson Rountree appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Galveston, Texas, at 1515 Avenue J. Other members of the household included Mary Lee Campbell, Katherine Rountree Campbell, Archibald Rowland Campbell Jr., Alice Lucille Campbell and Nancy Campbell.
  • She married William Hardy Davis in 1952.
  • The following appeared on 21 November 1983 in The Galveston Daily News: Services for Kate Wilson Rountree Campbell, 93, a homemaker, will be Tuesday at J. Levy & Bro. Funeral Home of Galveston, the Rev. Donovan officiating. Burial will follow at Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, under direction of J. Levy & Bro. Funeral Home of Galveston.
         Mrs. Campbell died Saturday at her home. She was born June 28, 1890 in Sherman and had been a Galveston resident since 1914. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Galveston.
         Survivors include her husband, Archibald R. Campbell of Galveston; two sons, Archibald R. Campbell Jr. and Chesley R. Campbell, both of Galveston; four daughters, Katherine Oliver of Waco, Mary Lee Davis of DIckinson, Alice Gaughan of Leawood, Kan. and Nancy Martin of Galveston;p two neices, Madison Hortenstine of Houston and Bette Lee Marshal of Memphis, Tenn; a nephew, Chesley Rontree of Corpus Christi; 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
         Visitors may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.
  • The following appeared on 16 December 1985 in The Galveston Daily News: Archibald Rowland Campbell, 97, retired vice president of T.T.T. Ship Agencies, died Saturday at St. Mary's Hospital in Galveston.
         Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at J. Levy & Bro. Funeral Home of Galveston, the Rev. John Donovan officiating. Burial will follow in Trinity Episcopal Cemetery of Galveston.
         Born Aug. 3, 1888 in Galveston, Mr. Campbell was a lifelong isle resident. He was a vestryman at Trinity Episcopal Church, served as chairman of the board of the Galveston Wharf Co., was president of the Galveston Cotton Exchange and on its board of trustees, and served for more than 20 years on the Galveston draft board.
         Survivors include two sons, Archibald R. Campbell and Chesley R. Campbell, both of Galveston; four daughters, Katherine Oliver of Waco, Mary Lee Davis of Dickinson, Alice Gaughan of Leawood, Kan. and Nancy Martin of Galveston; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and one niece.
         The family will be present at the funeral home from 4 to 6 p.m. today.
  • She and Katherine Rountree Campbell, Alice Lucille Campbell and Nancy Campbell was mentioned in the obituary of Archibald Rowland Campbell Jr. that appeared on 11 December 1994 in The Galveston Daily News: Archibald Rowland Campbell, Jr., died Thursday, December 8, 1994, following a brief illness. He is survived by his wife, Eugenia Harris Campbell; daughter Eugenia H. Campbell; sons Archibald R. Campbell III, John Harris Campbell, and wife Wendy, and Douglas McQueen Campbell and wife Carrie; five grandchildren Larkin Harris Campbell, Colin Leer Campbell, Grant Dillon Campbell, Reed Stewart Campbell and Blake Evan Campbell. He is also survived by his brother Chesley R. Campbell, sisters Katherine C. Oliver, Mary Lee Davis, Alice C. Gaughan, Nancy C. Martin and numerous nieces and nephews. Mr. Campbell was born in Galveston on May 24, 1917, to Archibald R. and Kate Rountree Campbell. He attended Ball High School, the University of the South, and graduated from the Uiversity of Texas in 1940. He served in the United States Army as a First Lieutenant in the European Theater during the Second World War. Mr. Campbell retired in 1980 from American Indemnity Insurance Company, where he was Senior Vice President. He was a lifelong member of Trinity Episcopal Church and served on the Board of Trustees of the Rosenberg Library. Friends may call at J. Levy & Bro. Funeral Home on Sunday, December 11, from 4:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. A memorial service will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church on Monday, December 12, at 10:00 A.M. with Reverend John C. Donovan officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church or the Rosenberg Library.
  • She was interred at Galveston Memorial Park, Hitchcock, Galveston County, Texas.
  • The SSDI lists Dickinson, Galveston County, Texas, as the last residence of record of Mary Lee Campbell.
  • Mary Lee Campbell died on 30 January 2001 at age 76.
  • Her husband William Hardy Davis became a widower at her death.
  • She was interred at Galveston Memorial Park, Hitchcock, Galveston County, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 2 February 2001 in The Daily News: (Dickinson) Mary Lee Davis (nee, Campbell), a resident of Dickinson, Texas for 44 years, died Tuesday, January 30, 2001. She was born on February 10, 1924, in Galveston, Texas, to Kate Rountree and Archibald Rowland Campbell, who preceded her in death. Her brother, Archibald Rowland Campbell Jr., her sisters, Katherine Campbell Oliver and Alice Campbell Gaughan, and her brother-in-law, Donald James Tucker, also predeceased her.
         Mary Lee graduated from Ball High School in Galveston and Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Missouri. She was the assistant to the principal of David Crockett School, a member of Junior Welfare and the Junior League of Galveston. In 1952, she married William Hardy Davis Sr., who was her loving husband and devoted partner for 49 years. She was an avid reader, an accomplished artist, a beach lover, and a wonderful and supportive aunt to 16 nieces and nephews, and 26 great nieces and nephews.
         Mary Lee is survived by her husband Bill; her brother and sister-in-law, Chesley Rountree and Louise Swilley Campbell; her sister, Nancy Campbell Martin, her sisters-in-law, Eugenia Harris Campbell and Virginia Davis Tucker; and her brother-in-law, James Eugene Gaughan.
         Services will be held at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Dickinson at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 3, 2001, with interment following at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Texas. Honorary pallbearers are David Thomas Campbell, James Eugene Gaughan Sr., Carl Jacob Fuchs, Ernest Henry Groppe, T. Brockett Hudson, Frank A. Liddell, Betty Lee Marshall, Constance Ann McKenzie and Mary Elizabeth McManus.
         Pallbearers are Archibald Rowland Campbell III, Douglas McQueen Campbell, John Harris Campbell, Chesley Campbell, James Eugene Gaughan, Jr., Hans Groppe, Matthew Douglas Moore, Thomas Mitchell Oliver, Jr., James Eliot Tucker, and Stanley Davis Tucker.
         Memorials may be made to the Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas, Mares Memorial Library, Dickinson, Texas, Special Olympics at your local school, or a charity of your choice.
  • Last Edited: 20 Feb 2013

Family: William Hardy Davis b. 16 July 1924, d. 23 February 2010