Audra Brown Campbell, 90, of Columbia, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at Summit Manor Nursing Home in Columbia. She was born in Adair County on March 22, 1933 to the late Benjamin Harrison and Mackie Coomer Brown. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Donald Campbell.
Audra was very passionate about her walk with the Lord. She did not hesitate to share it whenever she had the chance. Recently it was a common sound to hear her singing old church hymns to and with friends at Summit Manor. She was a member and faithfully attended Antioch Church her entire life. She served many positions at the church, but her favorite was the many decades she was Sunday School teacher for the youth.
Audra spent 42 years working in retail sales at Wooten’s and Loy’s Department Store. She was the guardian for Antioch Cemetery for 40 years, and loved reading her Bible, gardening, ceramics, and of course spending time with her family. Her family was the delight of her heart.
Survivors include her son, Steve Campbell (Rita); a grandson, Brent Campbell (Shannon); her great-granddaughters, Kaylee and Allee Campbell; and a special friend, Carlos Stotts all of Columbia. She was also survived by several nieces, nephews, other relatives, her Antioch Church family and her friends at Summit Manor Nursing Home.
In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by four brothers, Duluth, Herbert, Roscoe, and Calvin Brown; and five sisters, Alice Coomer, Claudia Coomer, Lenora Parrish, Cym Gowen, and Faye Bault.
Funeral services were held Friday, July 28, 2023 at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home with burial in the Antioch Cemetery.
Bro. Troy Elmore, Pastor Carol Weddle, and Bro. Godfrey Jackson officiated, and pallbearers were Richie Coomer, Chris Coomer, Don Bault, Barry Smith, Larry Wisdom, and Larry Brown. Honorary pallbearers were Richard Fuqua, William Feese, Michael Bardin, Ronnie Dooley, John Weis, and Michael and Debra Jean Loy.
Expressions of sympathy can be made to the Antioch Cemetery and can be left at the funeral home.
