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CAMDEN — Sarah “Sally” Mustard DuVal Campbell died January 7, 2010. She was the wife of Jay Dudley Campbell of Camden. Born in 1947, she was the daughter of the late Mary Boykin Mustard DuVal and Moylan “Mo” Lansdale DuVal and grew up in the Boykin community and Camden, South Carolina.

Sally graduated from Camden High School. She earned an associates degree in architecture at Midlands Tech in 1969, thereafter working for many years for the LBC&W architectural firm and Wilbur Smith & Associates. She returned to school, earning a B.A. degree in elementary education at the University of South Carolina followed by a master’s degree in computers in education from Lesley University. She taught at E.L. Wright and Summit Parkway Middle Schools in Columbia, South Carolina. Following Sally and Jay’s move to Rock Hill, she taught at Rawlinson Road Middle School in York County.

Sally’s teaching career was cut short by kidney disease. She was given a new kidney by her dear friend, Jayne Reid. This gift gave Sally many additional years of quality time, enabling her to enjoy her friends and family and they her. In 2008, Sally was diagnosed with an advanced cancer and complete failure of her kidney, making it necessary for her to go on dialysis. Her sisters will forever be grateful to her husband without whom home dialysis would not have been possible. Together Sally and Jay remained strong, encouraging each other throughout many months of dialysis and chemotherapy. They both embraced the time given them with enthusiasm. Their wonderful spirit was contagious, spreading to family and friends alike who also gave of their time assisting in dialysis and transport to doctor visits.

As a teenager Sally became quite a competitive sailor, both on the state and national level. Her father was a founding member of Wateree Sailing Club and most warm days found her sailing at Wateree Lake. Later in life, while living in Rock Hill, Sally took art courses at Winthrop, resulting in some lovely and treasured gifts to her family and others close to her. She took an active and enthusiastic interest in her husband Jay’s hobby, flying gliders at Bermuda High Soaring School near Kershaw, South Carolina. Together, they participated in soaring contests throughout the United States. While living in Columbia, she was a founding member of the Yorkshire Neighborhood Association.

In addition to her husband, Sally is survived by her children, Regen Campbell Parks and her husband, Randy, Matthew Howard Campbell and his wife, Sherri, and Jeffrey Bryan Campbell; grandchildren, Hazel Marie Campbell, Clayton Michael Parks and Tucker Cooper Campbell. Also surviving are her sisters, Mary B. DuVal Myers (Mrs. Usher N. Jr.), Katharine L. DuVal Beard (Mrs. Henry E. III), and Moylan L. DuVal Nettles (Mrs. William F. III). She will be missed by her nieces and nephew, Molly Bridges, Kathryn Myers, Caroline Connare, Sarah Myers, Elizabeth Crotty, Brennen Nettles and William F. Nettles IV.

A memorial service will be held at Grace Episcopal Church in Camden on Sunday, January 10 at four o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Alice Haynes, a longtime friend of both Sally and Jay, and the Grace Church rector, the Rev. Douglas Holmes. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends and family at the Campbell home following the service.

Though a lover of flowers, Sally would prefer donations to the American Cancer Society , the American Kidney Society, the American Red Cross, or actual donations of blood to the Red Cross.

On-line condolences may be sent to the Campbell family by visiting www.kornegayfuneral.com.

Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.