- Date Of Birth: February 20, 1946
- Date Of Death: March 17, 2022
- State: Arkansas
Jimmy Ray Campbell was born February 20, 1946 to the late Jessie Lindell Campbell and Margaret Wiladene Gilleylen. Jimmy grew up in Billstown, Arkansas and attended Delight Schools. It was at school that Jim met the love of his life, Janice Jean Byassee. Jim and Jan were both fiercely competitive basketball players with the Delight Bulldogs. In 1964, during Jim’s senior year, the DHS men’s basketball team went undefeated and the Bulldogs won the state championship. After graduation, Jim pursued the family trade and began working as an insulator in Houston, Texas.
Jimmy is reunited in Heaven with his parents, his beloved wife, Jan, and his brother, Johnnie Campbell. He will be deeply missed by his son, Clark Campbell of Little Rock, Arkansas, granddaughter Kathleen, of Kennesaw, Georgia, brother, Tommy (wife Pam) Campbell of Billstown, Arkansas, brother Ronnie “Pete” (wife Renee) Campbell of Billstown, Arkansas, sister-in-law Donnie Campbell of Billstown, Arkansas, family dog “Pepper”, and many nieces, nephews, cousins, family and friends. Jim was laid to rest at a private ceremony on March 19, 2022 at the Campbell Cemetery in Billstown, Arkansas.
