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A former Wirt County assessor and World War II veteran Glenn W. Campbell, 91, passed away November 21, 2005.
Campbell served in five military campaigns in the second World War and was one of the first 500 soldiers to enter Japan after the surrender.
He was a member of the Creston United Methodist Church, the Ohio Operating Engineers, Burning Springs Lodge 132 AF&AM, Scottish Rite Bodies and the Nemesis Shriners.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Busch-Kimes Funeral Home of Elizabeth. Mr. Campbell will be buried at the McCray Cemetery with Masonic and military rites. Friends will be received from 6-8 p.m. today and after 9 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
He was born at Creston, a son of the late Marshall Allen and Ardelia Garretson Campbell.
Glenn is survived by a son, Rodney Campbell of Vienna; grandson, Marshall Albert Campbell of Vienna; and a former wife and longtime friend, Ella Mae Johnson of Olive Hill, Ky.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Boyd, Orland and Okey Campbell; and a sister, Faye Berry.
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