Robert Lee “Bob” Campbell, Sr. died on January 8, 2025, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont at age 84.
He was born October 17, 1940, at Lago Colony in Aruba, Netherlands West Indies to Robert Merl Campbell and Mary Belle Brown Campbell, where his father worked at the Standard Oil Refinery (one of the largest in the world at the time). After several years in Aruba, his father was transferred to Venezuela where Bob lived until beginning high school.
Bob went to high school at San Marcos Baptist Academy in San Marcos, Texas, graduating in 1959. He received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York in 1963 and a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina in 1970. Bob spent over 40 years working for DuPont, first at the Savannah River Site near Augusta, Georgia manufacturing materials for America’s nuclear deterrent, and beginning in 1974, at the Dupont Sabine River Works in Orange.
He married Corinne Inez Snead on July 17, 1965, in Aiken, South Carolina. They divorced in 1977.
Bob is survived by his sons, Robert Lee Campbell, Jr. of Pearland (formerly of Groves) and Edmond Merl Campbell of San Antonio (formerly of Groves) and his wife, Berenice.
A gathering of Mr. Campbell’s family and friends will be 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Friday, January 10, 2025, at Broussard’s, 505 North 12th Street, Nederland. His graveside service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 11, 2025, at Memory Gardens of Jefferson County, Nederland. Jeff Darby of Nederland will give the eulogy.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Mr. Campbell’s honor may be made to Save the Redwoods League, 111 Sutter Street, 11th Floor, San Francisco, California 94104 or online at savetheredwoods.org
Social Media