- Date Of Birth: December 5, 1921
- Date Of Death: September 22, 2008
- State: Pennsylvania
Adria Emilie Campbell Jackson, 86, of Karns City, a Haysville resident for more than fifty years, died early Monday morning at the Chicora Medical Center.
Born on December 5, 1921, she was one of twelve children of Ralph and Edna Mae Folsteadt Campbell.
Mrs. Jackson was 1939 graduate of Concord High School in Washington Township.
She was married in Greenup, Kentucky on August 5, 1942 to Joseph Gardner Jackson. He preceded her in death on March 23, 2005.
Mrs. Jackson was a homemaker and a longtime active member of the Karns City United Methodist Church, where she enjoyed singing in the choir, playing the piano, and participating in the “Who Do” Ladies Sunday School Class. She enjoyed bowling, sewing, reading, knitting, and walking through the mall shopping. She also enjoyed cooking, baking, and canning fruits and vegetables for her grandchildren. She and her late husband Joseph enjoyed traveling, especially to his Army Air Corps Reunions all over the world, as well as fishing, camping, and hunting.
Surviving are three daughters, Lana J. Swartzlander and her husband Ronald of Chicora, Linda J. White and her husband Daniel of Woodbury, New Jersey, and Lorri J. Drumm and her husband Daniel of Springboro. Eleven grandchildren survive, Stacy Stoughton and her husband Lewis of Chicora, Dawn Ehrat and her husband Matt of Ingram, Mark Swartzlander of Karns City, Paula Gonzalez and her husband Tony of Delaware, Danny, George, and Kathleen White of Woodbury, New Jersey, Danny, Joseph, Michael, and Rachel Drumm of Springboro. Nine great-grandchildren survive. Three brothers survive, Ray Campbell of Boyers, Robert Campbell of Karns City, and Walt Campbell of Ridgeville. A number of nieces and nephews also survive.
In addition to parents and husband, she was preceded in death by six brothers, Homer “Skip” Campbell, Vance Campbell, Jack Campbell, James Campbell, Carl Campbell, and Ralph Campbell, and two sisters, Mildred Krajewski and Ruth Beatty.
