Paul Camp Obituary

Watkinsville - Paul George Camp, 91, of Watkinsville, died August 17, 2003, in Morganton, NC.
Mr. Camp was born August 14, 1912, in Whitesburg, GA, the son of Thomas Wesley Camp and Sarah Burnett Camp.
Mr. Camp was a pharmacist. He opened Oconee County's first pharmacy, Camp's Prescription Shop in Watkinsville in 1959. He owned and operated the Prescription Shop until 1979. Before 1959, he owned drug stores in Rutledge and Buchanan, Georgia, and was a pharmacist in Newnan, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. In 1994 the Georgia Pharmaceutical Association honored him for 50 years of service to pharmacy. He studied biology at Emory University and graduated in pharmacy from George Washington University. He was a member of Watkinsville First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Helen Huckaby Camp, his four sons, Thomas G. Camp (Athens), Lawrence B. Camp (Morganton, NC), David P. Camp (Hull), and Jimmy H. Camp (Marietta), daughters-in-law Lacy, Holly, Alice and Starr, and grandchildren Brooks, Harrison, Jorgan, Elizabeth, and Annie. He was preceded in death by his two sisters, Ellen Baskin of Kensington, Maryland, and Florence Brigman of Georgia and Arizona, and his brother, Guy B. Camp, of Atlanta.
A Memorial Service will be held Sunday, August 24, at 3:00 P.M., at First United Methodist Church in Watkinsville. The family will receive friends at a reception after the memorial service, in the church fellowship hall, and at the home of Tom and Lacy Camp, 145 Fox Trace, Athens from 2 until 4 pm Saturday, August 23.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial gifts be made to the building fund of First United Methodist Church in Watkinsville (P.O. Box 87, Watkinsville, GA 30677).
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Athens Banner-Herald, Tuesday, August 19, 2003