Sam Campbell

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Samuel Henry Campbell was born Oct. 27, 1951 at Welch Emergency Hospital, Welch, McDowell County, W.VA. & Parents Robert & Geneva Campbell lived at Mary Town, McDowell County, W.VA. . Robert was a W.W.II Veteran & was a Brick Mason, before & after W.W.II & just before Sam was born got a Job in the Coal Mines . From RED JACKET COAL COMPANY, Robert got a better Job with ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY, & moved Family to Green Camp ( Company Houses Painted Green ) , Wyoming County, W.VA. & later Robert Bought a Home in Wyoming, Wyoming County, W.VA. , but seeing the Coal Company had only Coal Miner's Families living below the Train Tracks & Company Bosses Families living in better homes above the Rail Road Tracks . So Robert went to Charleston, W.VA. & took all the Testing to become a Coal Mining Boss ( so his Family not only lived in a better home, but he made more money to support them ). Robert was on the Emergency Rescue Team ( getting Coal Miners out after a Cave In or Explosion ) & as a Boss going to the Injured or Killed Coal Miners Homes & Taking Food, Toys for Children , from his own home for the Families & telling them that the United Mine Workers of America would take care of the Family ( I was with my Dad when he went to some of these & took the Children into another room with Toys I brought from my self & my Brothers & Sisters , so Dad could sit at the Kitchen Table with the Coal Miner's Wife & tell her what Would be done for her Family & Dad always had 2 Large Paper Bags of Food set on the Kitchen Table for the Family ( that Mom would Pack as my siblings & I gathered our latest & best Toys ). Dad got real sick in 1964 ( Black Lung , we found out later ) & was never able to Work again ( the Doctors told Dad & Mom , that Dad wouldn't live long , so Dad wanted to go back to Damascus, Washington County, VA. [ where Dad & Mom were both born & grew up ] , to live the rest of his life [ Dad was only 54 when he died & the Autopsy Report said Coal Dust Fell out of his Lungs ], ).

I Started the 7th. Grade in School at the same Rock School that Mom & Dad went to Damascus Elementary, Damascus, Washington County, VA. where I went for 1 year ( it was 1st. thru 12 when Mom & Dad went there ), but the New High School ( Holston High School [ named for the South Fork of Holston River below the School ], Damascus, Washington County, VA. Grades 8 thru 12 & 1st. Graduating Class was 1964-1965 School Year . I Graduated June 3, 1970 & Aug. 11, 1970 I got a Registered Letter telling me I had been Selected To Serve my Country during its Hour Of Need ( all 18 year old Men were Put in a Box by Their Date Of Birth [ 365 Days in a Year & the 1st. 60 Days Drawn Out of the Box would Get Their Draft Notice, I was Number 34 ] ), no Senior Trip for My High School Senior Class, but We Joked that The Government Sent Us on a Long Trip Around The World ……………

I got to see a lot Of The World & the Military Took Care Of Me ( Not Like I would Have Liked, But I made It Back Home Scarred , But Alive, Unlike A Lot Of Good Friends ).

Getting Back Stateside, I was Given a Chance To Get More Education & That was Good ………..

Leaving the Military ( I pulled 2 Branches ARMY & AIR FORCE ), 12 1/2 Years , I got a Job with Sullivan County, TN. Sheriff's Dept. ( Moving Up & Getting Notary Public Certification & Other Certificates [ Pulling More Money Pulling Shifts At Bristol Hospital Police so I could Pay My Home Off Early ), then Mom asked me to Come Back To VA. & I got On At Washington County, VA. Sheriff's Dept. ( worked up to Shift Commander , Honor Guard, Notary Public , Ect. ) Retired in 2007 ( I bought out My Military Years when it was Offered, & in VA. The VA. Retirement System [ V.R.S. ] is age 50 & years of Service , To Equal Your Retirement Age [ My Retirement Age was 67 ], so when I could I Retired ………..

I Helped Out With The Hospital Blood Bank ( Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, Washington County, VA. ) to Keep Current in My Medical Education, until 2014 When a Company ( For Profit ) took over the Hospital Blood Bank, I Left .

I Stay In My Organizations I Think are Important & Honor My Ancestors, Such as ; Masonic / Shriners / American Legion / Fraternal Order Of Police / Sons Of The American Revolution / Sons Of Confederate Veterans / 40 & 8 ( Honor Degree of American Legion ) / Royal Arch ( Of Masons ) / Southeastern Cherokee Council / Clan Campbell Society ( North America ) / Scottish-American Military Society / Kentucky Colonel Society / 82nd. AIRBORNE Association / …………