Mary Orlena (West) Campbell (1920 - 2016)

Born 6 Nov 1920 in Dougherty, Murray, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Willie Franklin Campbell Sr — married 27 Sep 1950 in Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma

Died 30 Jan 2016 at age 95 in Oklahoma, United States

Biography

Mary Orlena West Campbell BIRTH 6 Nov 1920 DEATH 30 Jan 2016 (aged 95) BURIAL McAlister Cemetery Carter County, Oklahoma, ^[1]

Middle name variously: Orlean, Orlena, Orleana

OBITUARY Franklin Campbell Marietta Monitor 17 March 1995, p4 Courtesy of Ray and Elreeta Weathers Submitted by: Martha N. Reddout [EDITED, brackets indicate clarifying comment by Susan Smith]

• Mary Orlena Campbell was born November 6, 1920 at Dougherty, Murray County, Oklahoma to Grover Lee and Letha Moss West. She passed away Saturday, January 30, in a healthcare facility in Davis, OK at the age of 95.

[NOTE: Davis is a city in Garvin and Murray counties in Oklahoma]

• Orlena attended schools in Love and Carter Counties before graduating from Plainview High School in 1941.
• During World War II, she and her sister Ileen moved to Tulsa, OK to work for McDonald Douglass Aircraft. On the assembly lines they helped build the A-1 bombers and repaired rivets on the B-17’s. Later she returned to Love County.
• She and Willie Campbell were married at Marietta on September 27, 1950, and he preceded her in death on March 11, 1995.
• In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Wilma Jean Parker; son, Willie Franklin Campbell, Jr.; sister, Pauline Riddle; and an infant brother, Lenie West.
• Survivors include her daughter, ; brother and sister-in-law, ; sister, ; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, ; three grandchildren, ; and five great-grandchildren.

Marriage Mary Orlena West and Willie Campbell were married at Marietta on Sep 27, 1950

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #157676545