Mattie Coyle Campbell |
Mattie was the older sister of my grandfather Willie D. Coyle, they were both the
children of John Marion & Martha Ann Cocanougher Coyle. For more information on this family please email Rena at WVMystica@aol.com |
In Memory Of Mrs. Mattie Coyle Campbell Date of Birth November 13, 1900 Date of Death December 11, 2000 Place and Time of Services Carey & Son Funeral Home Wednesday, December 13, 2000 11:00 A.M. Clergyman Rev. Bland Mason Rev. Hal Hall Place of Interment Cemetery Hill Springfield, Kentucky Arrangements By Carey & Son Funeral Home |
God hath not promised skies always blue, Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through; God hath not promised sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, peace without pain. But God hath promised strength for the day, Rest for the labor, light for the way, Grace for the trials, help from above, Unfailing sympathy undying love. |
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Campbell repaired her own roof when in 80's By Janie Bowen Editor/General Manager Sitting in her favorite chair at Springfield Rehabilitation Center (formally Medco), Mattie Campbell says she's 29 and laughs when Activity Director Gayle Worthington asks her age. The thin woman sitting there in her nice new blue jogging suit will turn 100 November 13. The Washington County native was born November 13, 1900 to John M. and Martha Coyle of Long Run Road in the East Texas community. She has lived in Washington County all of her life. She married Arthur Campbell in March of 1921. They were married for 52 years before his death of hardening of the arteries. There were seven children born to the couple. Two, Francis and Eleanor, are deceased. Campbell is the oldest member of Springfield Baptist Church where she has attended for many years. As a youngster she went to school at Long Run School in East Texas. East Texas is a great place to live she says. Hitting a milestone of 100 years, Campbell says her attempt to be a servant of the Lord is her reason for longevity. She hasn't been one to be kept on the ground because of her age. She was well into her 80's when she would hit the roof of her home on Lebanon Hill to make repairs, says her daughter. Some nuns who lived near by told her she shouldn't be doing that, so she would wait until they were gone for the day to do her repair work. She lived on Lebanon Hill until she was up in her 90's; mowing her yard and doing her own cooking. She has also been very healthy during her life-time. It wasn't until last year, when she was 99, that she had to be hospitalized. Though she can't hear as well as she used to, if she catches what you say, she might just come back with something wise, or maybe a bit funny. Campbell has 18 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. Her family plans to have a birthday party at Springfield Rehabilitation Center Saturday, Nov. 11 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. All they ask, is that you bring your memories instead of gifts |
Mattie Coyle Campbell, 100 Mattie Coyle Campbell, 100, of Lebanon Hill, died Monday, December 11, 2000 at Springfield Nursing and Rehab Center in Sprinfield. The Washington County native celebrated her 100th birthday less than a month ago, November 13. The daughter of the late John Martin and Martha Cocanougher Coyle was born and reared on Long Run Road in the East Texas community of Washington County. She had been a spry woman who would fix her own roof and mow her own yard well into her 80's and 90's. She was the widow of Arthur B. Campbell. The couple married in 1921. They were married more than 50 years before his death on July 24, 1972. Others preceding her in death include a son: Frank Campbell on November 10, 1977; a daughter Eleanor Cundiff on March 4, 1999; six brothers, Harrison Coyle, Leslie Coyle, Willie Coyle, Charlie Coyle, Roy Coyle and Martin Coyle; four sisters Lille Mae White, Gertrude Best, Lettie Young and Violet Coyle; and a granddaughter Patricia Louise Diepstra on July 25, 2000. Survivors include two sons, three daughters, a daughter-in-law; 17 grandchildren and a number of great and great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 13, at the Carey and Son Funeral Home with Rev. Bland Mason, pastor of the Springfield Baptist Church, officiating. He was assisted by Rev. Hal Hall, Pastor of the Springfield United Methodist Church. Burial was on Cemetery Hill. |
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