Archibald Algernon Campbell

Archibald Algernon “Archie” Campbell

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Was a graduate of Wytheville High School, Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia School of Law. He served as First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during World War II on Iwo Jima and in Japan and was awarded the distinguished Flying Cross. After the war, he earned a law degree and returned to Wytheville, where he practiced law for 50 years. He was a member of the Virginia Bar Association, President from 1962-1963, and was a lifetime fellow of the American Bar Association. Archie Campbell represented Southwest Virginia in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1966-1983. He was known as a champion of the area, instrumental in the building of interstates to connect Southwest Virginia to the rest of the state and in the placement of a community college in Wythe County. Further, Archie served as chairman of the House Finance Committee for ten years. He was a member of Wytheville Presbyterian Church where he served as a deacon, taught Sunday School for 28 years and was a past board member of The Children's Home of the Highlands. Archie taught many of the children from The Children's Home and from Boys' Home in Covington to fish and water ski. Among other voluntary activities, Archie was a volunteer fireman, Past President of the Wythe Rotary Club, Secretary of the Smythe-Wythe Airport Commission and Executive Committee Member of the Virginia TB Association. He was a longtime supporter of the Southwest Virginia Horseman's Association and a Board Member of the United Telephone Systems and of Western Virginia Land Trust, which helped preserve Sand Mountain. An avid supporter of Wytheville Community College, he was responsible for acquiring additional land and financial resources for the college and was awarded an honorary degree for his continued efforts on behalf of the college. Among his other honors, the Wythe Rotary Club named Mr. Campbell a Paul Harris Fellow and a Skelton Fellow. He was chosen for the Wythe County Democratic Hall of Fame and in 2002, was selected as the Wytheville-Wythe-Bland Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Citizen of the Year. Archie Campbell was also a cattle farmer, and was known as an advocate for education for children and for all that is right and fair.