Phyllis Campbell

Service has been moved to Hayhurst Funeral Home Chapel, 10:00 AM, Friday, January 10, 2025... Phyllis Ann Williams Campbell passed away December 31, 2024. She was born on June 26, 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri to Sadie Amelia and Lester Raymond Williams. She was an only child. She grew up in Blue Springs, Missouri attending school from 1st grade to graduation. She was a member of the Blue Spring Band as a mascot at ages 4, 5 and 6 and started playing the clarinet in the 4th grade through graduation. She attended college at Central Methodist at Fayette, Missouri for one year. Phyllis started taking dance lessons at age 4 and continued till high school. She took tap, ballet and acrobats. She was known as the Human Rubber Ball in her acrobatic days. She also took modeling lessons from Patricia Stevens Modeling School and modeled at Macy’s Tea Room in downtown Kansas City. Also, piano lessons, which she still enjoyed playing. She worked at Montgomery Wards before attending college then returned to work at TWA in Kansas City when she met her husband Scott Richardson Campbell II. They were married April 22, 1961 and moved to Tulsa, OK, then Broken Arrow, OK. To this union was born Scotty Richardson Campbell III and Rebecca Lynn Sapp. Scott and Phyllis were married for 36 years, before he passed on October 5, 1997. She enjoyed traveling the United States, visiting almost every one, and Europe and attending Tulsa University basketball and football games. Phyllis was active in her community, belonging to Beta Sigma Phi for 43 years, Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary, The Rose Garden Club, and Oklahoma Master Gardeners. A member of the First United Methodist Church. She was also a chairperson for the Polio Drive in Broken Arrow. She retired from Occidental Petroleum Corp after 20 years. She then took up decorating and gardening. She is survived by her son Scott and daughter Becky and her husband Larry; her grandchildren Tiffany and her husband Guy, Lance and his wife Sherri, Connor and his wife Chelsea, and MacKenzie; and her great-grandchildren Haylee, Lorelle, Ayle, Grace, Leo, Alex, and Everly.

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Phyllis Campbell

June 26, 1940 - December 31, 2024