Clinta June Estes Campbell, our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and precious wife, was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, on May 31, 1922. She went home to be with her Lord and Savior on November 19, 2009.
Clinta graduated from Ardmore High School in 1940 and maintained close friendships with many of her graduating classmates through the years. She spent 60 joyous years as a full-time pastor’s wife, serving in churches in Oklahoma and Texas. She possessed a special magnetism that influenced countless women through several generations. She was well-known for her artistic ability, creative teaching and insight into spiritual truths, especially applying them to practical daily life.
Clinta is survived by her loving and devoted husband of 68 years, Raleigh Lee; her daughters, Merrilyn Fish of Branson, Missouri, Leigh Ann Campbell-Lowrance and her husband Bruce of Oklahoma City, Rebecca Connell and her husband Terry of Bridgeport, Texas; and her son, Raleigh E. Campbell and his wife Susan of Flower Mound, Texas; nine beloved grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Her loving and lively spirit will be missed by us all.
Funeral service will be held at Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home in Lewisville, Texas, on Monday, November 23 at 10:30 a.m. following visitation at 9:30 a.m. Interment will be at 3 p.m. at Griffin-Hillcrest Cemetery in Ardmore.
Memorials may be sent as an alternate to flowers to World Missions Fund, Mosaic Baptist Church, PO Box 271343, Flower Mound, TX 75027.
