Wanda Ozena Campbell

February 26, 1937 - January 6, 2021

Wanda Ozena Campbell was called home by her Heavenly Father on January 6, 2021. She was 83. Wanda had a smile that lit up her entire surroundings. But Wanda was blessed. She was one of eight children, born to Albert Earl and Ozella Daniel Hill on February 26, 1937, in Winters, Texas. Wanda never stopped loving family. She is referred to as a “Domestic Engineer” so, she was able to spend a lot of time with her two children, Lynn and William. Wanda had a loving marriage that spanned 35 years to William Robert Campbell. So, Wanda had many reasons to smile. She was adventurous by nature. She thoroughly loved traveling. Her whole family revel in the many memories of their trips to various states. On an Oklahoma trip, Wanda was trapped in a restroom at the Holy City due to Lynn being in the theatrical play of The Promise. When Wanda went to the restroom, a buffalo trapped her in the bathroom stall. The grounds keeper had to lure the buffalo out and away. She eventually came out but, even frightened, she was smiling. Wanda always wanted to see a bear in the wild and to visit Mt. Rushmore. Wanda and her family made a trip one summer to go through the Badlands then eventually Mt. Rushmore. Two days of desert, but, when they finally got to the Black Hills of South Dakota, the view was breathtaking. Wanda’s family recalls taking a little side road to go deeper into the woods, hoping to see wild bears. Considering the severity of the potential harm that can come from a wild bear, generally, caution would be considered. Not Wanda. Wanda had half her body hanging out of the van window, trying to touch a wild bear. Her family pleaded with her to get back in the van but Wanda was determined to try and touch a bear. Quick thinking, Wanda’s daughter, armed with electric windows, rolled up the window with Wanda hanging half way out of the vehicle to keep her from getting hurt by large wolves they saw as well as the bears. Although Wanda’s family escaped the wild unscathed, she was so mad because she never got to pet a wild bear. Wanda’s last trip was September of 2020 when she visited Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Arkansas. She got a chance to visit Loretta Lynn’s Dude Ranch and was able to try her luck at digging for diamonds. Wanda enjoyed her garden and virtually any excuse to be outdoors. The only thing that would make an outdoors experience better is coupling the moment with Country Music. Wanda loved her Heavenly Father as well. She was a member of Blessed Hope Spirit Filled Baptist Church and her faith tradition was “saved by grace”. Wanda is preceded in death by her father and mother, husband William, all seven of her siblings; Willie Bell Mosley, Earlence Hughes, Nina Spoonemoore, Reva Barton, Nova Stagner, Dorothy McNeal, Marie Daughtery and Damon Hill and son, William Roy Campbell, grandchildren William Cody Campbell, Eowyn Rose Zunft, and Grand son-in-law, Scott Bartley. Wanda is survived by her daughter, Lynn Reese Kozlowski (Winkle), William Stanley Boyd, Larry Wayne Burgess, LaeLonnie Lynn Bartley, 16 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.