SUSAN CAMPBELL WAS MORE THAN A CITY OF BOWIE EMPLOYEE – SHE WAS A LEADER WITH INNOVATIVE IDEAS, BUT SHE WAS A FRIEND TO ALL WHO KNEW HER. SUSAN LOST HER BATTLE WITH CANCER ON JUNE 23RD, LEAVING BEHIND FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND CO-WORKERS WHO WILL THINK OF HER OFTEN THROUGH THE COMING YEARS. SHE HAS BEEN THE LEADER FOR THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE REMOVATION PROJECT OF THE AUDITORIUM, AND NUMEROUS OTHER PROJECTS. SUSAN HAS ALSO SERVED WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE KIWANIS CLUB OF BOWIE, JIM BOWIE DAYS ASSOCIATION, AND THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION. SHE WAS PRESENTED WITH NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDING CITIZEN OF THE YEAR FOR 2001 PRESENTED BY THE BOWIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. A FOURTH-GENERATION NATIVE TEXAN, SUSAN WORKED IN THE NEWLY FORMED TEXAS MAIN STREET PROGRAM AND WAS THE SECOND MAIN STREET DIRECTOR HIRED IN THE STATE AND SERVED IN McKINNEY BEFORE JOINING THE TEXAS MAIN STREET PROGRAM IN AUSTIN. SHE ALSO WORKED AT DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH FROM 1988 TO 1998 IN SEVERAL POSITION, ULTIMATELY SERVING AS VICE PRESIDENT AND MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, HELPING TO INITIATE AND ESTABLISH MANY VITAL DOWNTOWN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, AND MANAGING NUMEROUS EVENTS AND PARADES – JUST AS SHE HAS DONE IN BOWIE.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR SUSAN CAMPBELL WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30TH, AT 2 P.M. AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN BOWIE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE WHITE FAMILY FUNERAL HOME. VISITATION WILL BE TUESDAY EVENING FROM 6 - 8 P.M. AT THE FUNERAL HOME. SUSAN IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JIM CAMPBELL OF BOWIE AND THEIR DOG, SCOUT. OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER SISTER, CARY CAMPBELL AND BROTHER, CHARLES CAMPBELLS, BOTH OF WICHITA FALLS; NEPHEW, CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL; NIECE, COURTNEY CAMPBELL - BOTH OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA; AUNT & UNCLE, BETTY GAIL & BILL CHAPMAN OF HOUSTON; AND BY MANY BELOVED COUSINS. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER MOTHER-IN-LAW IDELL CAMPBELL; MARY CAMPBELL SWINNEY AND DARYL SWINNEY, ANN CAMPBELL JAY AND JAMES JAY AND THEIR CHILDREN.