"Don't come crying to me!" "You better pack a lunch and light a lantern." "It'll grow hair on your chest." "I'll make you president of my favorite girls' club." "It's not where you live, it's how you live." These are just a couple of sayings Wayne Campbell made his family smile with. He was a gregarious sort whose booming voice and laughter was infectious.

Son of Lucinda and Arlie Campbell, Wayne was born in Golden, Colorado. He was married to Mary Sue Campbell for 65 years. They had two children: Gary and Linda Campbell, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren (and counting).

Wayne graduated from Golden High School in 1952. He played basketball and football throughout high school and college. After spending one year at Colorado State University, Wayne joined the Army and served as an Instructor of Division Faculty at Fort Ord, California, preparing soldiers for life fighting abroad during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in 1955 and then returned to CSU to finish his B.A. degree in Business. During his time in college, Wayne began a summer romance with Mary "Sue" Powell. Wayne and Sue married in 1957. After finishing college in 1958, Wayne went to work at the Adolf Coors Company just one day after he graduated.

After serving Coors as a Public Relations Area Manager for the states of Oklahoma, Colorado, and Texas, Wayne was assigned the state of Texas to expand Coors sales. Wayne resigned from sales and bought a Coors distributorship for the state of Oklahoma. In 1973, Wayne was able to consolidate his distributorship into Campbell Beverage. He served on the Board of the 4th National Bank until buying a portion of the bank in 1990. In 1995, Wayne sold Campbell Beverage and his bank stock and began to enjoy his retirement.

Wayne loved his birth state of Colorado, trout fishing in its streams, lakes, and rivers, golf (especially at his home club of Cedar Ridge Country Club in Tulsa), and watching a good Dallas Cowboys or University of Oklahoma Sooners football game with his wife. Wayne and Sue also enjoyed many traveling experiences around the world. He was a friend to many and considers his main success to be his marriage to Sue and the life they built together.

A visitation will be held on Thursday, May 11th from 3:00 - 4:00 PM at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel.