DIXIE CAMPBELL
1918-2003
Dixie Click Campbell, formerly of Auxier, passed away Wednesday
morning, February 12, 2003, peacefully in her sleep, at the Walnut
Creek Nursing Center in Dayton, Ohio.
Her stay on this earth was 84 years, 10 months, and 18 days.
Dixie was born March 25, 1918, on the Doc Allen Branch of Beaver
Creek.
She was the fifth child of the late Joseph and Roberta Ratliff
Click, and granddaughter of the renowned mountain doctor, Samuel
“Bogue” Ratliff. In March 1938, Dixie married Hargus Campbell.
From this union she was the mother of seven children and four
step- children. Hargus passed away in 1946, as well as two sons,
Samuel Thomas and George Daniel Campbell in infancy prior. In the
early 1960’s, Dixie joined the Bethel Old Regular Baptist Church
at Wilson Creek, Langley, where her family had fellowshipped for
many generations. In December 1964, she married James Campbell.
They soon left Langley, and eventually made their home in Auxier.
From this union she had six step-children, Daniel Campbell,
Garnard Campbell, Clinis Campbell, Anna Lea Frazier, Thelma Hale,
and Rita Fay Smith—all surviving. James passed away in 1984.
Also preceding her in death were: a son, Andrew Jackson Campbell,
in the Vietnam War in 1966; and a daughter, Billah DeBoard, in
1997; two brothers, Fred and Sam Click; one sister, Susie Hicks,
and one stepson, Edgel Campbell. Survivors include one sister,
Addie Mae Click of Prestonsburg; three stepchildren, Etta Scott of
Garrett, Mont Campbell of Abbott Creek, and Mima Jean Caudill of
Sidney, Ohio; one son, Henry Campbell of Sidney, Ohio; and two
daughters, Ora Allen of Dayton, and Lottie Fraley of Ypsilanti,
Michigan. Dixie also leaves five grandchildren, Valarie Blair of
Thelma, Mark DeBoard of Richmond, Marie Wilson of Greenville,
Ohio, Kevin Fraley Highnight of Ypsilanti, Michigan, and Heather
Campbell of Indianapolis; and three great-grandchildren, Jackson
and Landon Highnight and Morgan DeBoard. Dixie enjoyed flower
gardening, sewing, and many other hobbies throughout her life.
During the ’80s and early ’90s, she was actively involved in the
Archer Park Senior Center—until her health made it too hard to
leave home.
The funeral service was held at 10 a.m., Sunday, February 16, at
Hall Funeral Home of Martin.
Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville.
Pallbearers: Kenneth De-Board, Mark DeBoard, Kevin Fraley
Highnight, Art Powers, Chris Wilson, Nick Blair, and James
Caudill. Honorary: Jack Fraley, Shawn Toombs, Mont Campbell and
Henry Campbell.
Floyd County Times
Wednesday
2-19 2003