695. Christine Elizabeth⁷ Campbell (Macie Henry⁶ Boothe, Esther Elizabeth "Essie"⁵ Johnson, Henry⁴, James³, Elizabeth² Sims, James¹) was born in Oak Hill, Fayette Co, WV 6 September 1916. Christine died 7 February 1995 in Oak Hill, Fayette Co, WV, at 78 years of age.

The Charleston Gazette, 8 February 1995. Oak Hill - Christine Campbell Beckelheimer, 78, of Oak Hill, died Feb. 7, 1995, at General Division, CAMC, Charleston, after a short illness. She was a graduate of Summersville (N.J.) School of Nursing, Hunter College, New York, and Columbia University. She was a former inspector of hospitals in New York City, former director of the nursing program at West Virginia Institute of Technology, Montgomery, and retired from Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, with more than 50 years' service as a registered professional nurse. She was a member and past president of United Daughters of the Confederacy West Virginia Division of Southern Cross Chapter No. 2001, a member and former secretary of Fayette County Historical Society, co-founder of Fayette Raleigh Genealogical Society, a member of Daughters of the American Revolution and First Brethren Church of Oak Hill. She was author of five published books and numerous other works. Surviving: husband, Robert E. "Bob" Beckelheimer; daughter, Sherri Wood of Arnold, Md.; mother, Macie Boothe Campbell of Oak Hill; brother, George Campbell of Virginia Beach, Va.; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Service will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, with the Rev. Bill Menefee officiating. Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Her body was interred 9 February 1995 in Oak Hill, Fayette Co, WV, Highlawn Memorial Park.

She married three times. She married Joseph Howard 11 April 1941. Joseph was born 8 August 1914. Joseph died June 1942 at 27 years of age. She married Harry Abrahamsen 12 October 1943. Harry was born in Kragero, Norway 11 October 1911. She married Robert Ernest Beckleheimer in Oak Hill, Fayette Co, WV, 18 January 1980. Robert was born in Concho, Fayette Co, WV 12 May 1921. Robert was the son of William Madison Beckleheimer and Mary Elva Johnson. Robert died December 1995 in Oak Hill, Fayette Co, WV, at 74 years of age.⁽¹⁰²⁶⁾ His body was interred 16 December 1995 in Oak Hill, Fayette Co, WV. He resided in Oak Hill, Fayette Co, WV September 1974.⁽¹⁰²⁷⁾

Christine Elizabeth Campbell and Harry Abrahamsen had the following child:

+ 748 i. Cherri Georgette⁸ Abrahamsen was born 18 July 1944.

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