Saundra Graham Campbell

TYLER — Services for Saundra Graham Campbell, 83, of Tyler, Texas, will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2025, 11:00 am at Stewart Family Funeral Home with Reverend Pike Wisner officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Tyler under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home.

Saundra passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2025, in Tyler. Saundra was born November 22, 1941, to John Eli Graham, Jr. and Pauline Grace Graham in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

She was a member of First Baptist Church in Tyler for more than 61 years. She graduated from East Texas State University in 1963 and was employed in what she described as the most noble profession, a housewife.

She was preceded in death by her father John Eli Graham, Jr. and her mother Pauline Grace Graham and her husband, Roger Miles Campbell. She is survived by her two sons, John Kent Campbell and wife Maresa Campbell and Michael Neil Campbell and wife Leslye Loeffler Campbell; five grandchildren, Veronica Kaye Campbell, Reyna Lea Campbell, Reese Kellar Campbell, Rebecca Loy Campbell and Reagen Robert Campbell; and five great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Reese Campbell, Reagan Campbell, Curt Priddy, Carlos Lara, Ed Hernandez and Steve McDonald. Honorary pallbearers are Jim Cole, David Mills, Jim Hutchins and Darron Campbell.

Saundra enjoyed her family, gardening, nature and needlepoint. She beamed with pride each spring as having maintained the most meticulous garden with an abundant variety of beautiful plants with the backdrop of her manicured lawn. Nestled in amongst the garden were her many bird feeders sustaining the multiple varieties of native birds and other animals. She also shared a passion for needlepoint and needlework with hundreds of people across the greater East Texas area. She began sharing her love for needlepoint through the First Baptist Church Sew Days in the late 1970’s with an introductory class for the community. Her teaching grew into a full-time passion when she worked at A World in Stitches starting in 1983 teaching and needlepointing for more than 32 years, ending in 2015. She continued her needlework privately up until the time of her passing. Her work was chosen in 1997 to be displayed in the White House for President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton. She then had a second opportunity to showcase Christmas stockings for President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush which were displayed at Camp David.

Visitation is scheduled from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, February 21, 2025, at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Hwy in Tyler.

If desired, memorials may be made in her honor to First Baptist Church Generation to Generation Fund 301 W. Ferguson St., Tyler, TX 75702 (www.fbctyler.org).