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Awesome obit, anybody know him?
Posted on 5/27/17 at 8:50 am
Posted on 5/27/17 at 8:50 am
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Steven L. Campbell, a particularly ornery man with a strong dislike for most people, passed away on May 24, 2017. He was 63 years old and a resident of Zachary. He served as a paratrooper in the US Army both at home and overseas because, as he put it, "you mean they'll actually PAY me to do this?" After an honorable discharge from the Army, he joined the Louisiana State Police where he turned a lifelong love affair with guns into an actual job by becoming a firearms instructor at the LSP Training Academy. It was there that he met and fell in love with Marie Lovett whom he would marry two years later. The rest of his family was somewhat relieved that it only took him three tries to get that part right. While serving with the State Police, Steve also served in the US Air Force Reserve as a Military Policeman (sensing a theme here?) including wartime service in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. After 27 years in the LSP, he retired as a Master Trooper and then somehow managed to work 8 more years as a contract forensic firearms technician (yep, definitely a theme) at the State Police Crime Lab. When he wasn't fiddling around with guns or trying to blind people with his shiny bald head, he was quite fond of flying his radio-controlled helicopters and airplanes at several Baton Rouge area flying clubs. If Steve had any regret at all it was not being able to determine a sure-fire method for getting away with murder, much to the relief of several people – and they darned well know who they are. When told he had cancer, he responded true to his character with "Well ####. NOW what?!?" Steve was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas E. "Tucker" Campbell and Joyce B. "Bonne" Campbell. He is survived by his wife Marie Campbell; children: daughter Alexandra Campbell Calloway and her husband Nate, Ainsley Lovett Piel and her husband Joseph, Samantha Nicole Lovett, and Clark Lovett Jr.; grandchildren: Dayton Behrnes, Dylan Bonner, Madison Piel, and Macie Piel; brother Kevin Campbell and his wife Darlene; nephew Clayton "Tucker" Campbell; numerous cousins; and, quite surprisingly, a number friends who actually liked him. Go figure. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2017 between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. For directions to the service please contact Marie Campbell at 225-921-5749. The family would like to extend their gratitude to all the medical professionals who were forced to put up with Steve, particularly Tammy Bergeron and Angie Russell of Amedisys Hospice. At least THEY only had to do that for three months…
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Posted on 5/27/17 at 8:59 am to Tigerpaw123
Didn't know him personally. If any of you were around bayoushooter back in the day he was lsp972. Was a great resource of information and would help anyone out.
Another good one gone.
Another good one gone.
Posted on 5/27/17 at 9:18 am to Tigerpaw123
That's awesome.
Lightens things up a little and tells people more about him than where he was born and how old he was when he died.
I love it.
Lightens things up a little and tells people more about him than where he was born and how old he was when he died.
I love it.
Posted on 5/27/17 at 9:35 am to kengel2
One of sons teammates pop is / was very very good friends wig him
Posted on 5/27/17 at 12:41 pm to Tigerpaw123
I had the pleasure of working with Steve. He sat as the LSTA rep on my promotional board. If you know any old time troopers, ask them to tell you the story about the time he had to work a weekend to qualify some certain cadets who could not shoot. If I relayed it, I would get banned!
This post was edited on 5/27/17 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 5/27/17 at 4:20 pm to kengel2
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Didn't know him personally. If any of you were around bayoushooter back in the day he was lsp972. Was a great resource of information and would help anyone out.
Another good one gone.
Wow, I remember him. Total curmudgeon but super great guy. Huge wealth of knowledge.
Posted on 5/27/17 at 5:21 pm to Tigerpaw123
Steve was a close friend -- one of a kind, and definitely somebody I loved to spend time with.
He possessed an incredibly sharp wit, and a dry sense of humor that not everyone understood -- which was OK with Steve.
A mutual friend used to joke that Steve was one of maybe two people he knew who could easily take out just about anybody that "needed killin," and then drop off to sleep without spending even a minute tossing & turning.
People read about, and talk about, warriors. Steve was one.
He possessed an incredibly sharp wit, and a dry sense of humor that not everyone understood -- which was OK with Steve.
A mutual friend used to joke that Steve was one of maybe two people he knew who could easily take out just about anybody that "needed killin," and then drop off to sleep without spending even a minute tossing & turning.
People read about, and talk about, warriors. Steve was one.
Posted on 5/27/17 at 7:17 pm to Tigerpaw123
Yes. I knew him very well. He and I worked together at LSP. Dude knew his stuff when it came to firearms and I felt honored the guy actually liked me.
He got into a bit of trouble when he told a black LSP cadet, who was having problems on the range, "You people can't hit anything unless your shooting sideways out the window of a moving car."
RIP, Steve!
He got into a bit of trouble when he told a black LSP cadet, who was having problems on the range, "You people can't hit anything unless your shooting sideways out the window of a moving car."
RIP, Steve!
This post was edited on 5/27/17 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 5/27/17 at 8:21 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
What years were you in? I retired in 95.
Posted on 5/27/17 at 10:37 pm to dwr353
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What years were you in? I retired in 95.
I'm a civilian, but have been there since 1989.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 8:03 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
I forgot to mention (but I'm sure most have figured this out). Steve surely had a hand in writing his own obit.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:33 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Ok. Thanks
Posted on 5/28/17 at 5:18 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
I don't think Steve Campbell (LSP972) posted here. So the following might give a little background about the guy who wrote his own obit (link in OP).
1. This comment is in a thread over on Bayou Shooter:
"Steve had very little tolerance for stupid people. He was not politically correct . He was brutally honest. If he said something that hurt your feelings, you best have your own box of tissues. He never sugar coated the truth. He was a grumpy old SOB at times. It has been an honor to know Steve and to call him a friend."
2. This thread on Pistol Forum conveys a lot as well: LINK There are very few people on this planet whose first-hand knowledge exceeded his when it came to the design, function and combat usage of small arms.
3. Steve was the original dude who refused to "suffer fools gladly." He was always candid and honest -- sometimes brutally so (or so it would seem, until you thought about what he had just said).
Steve fought brain cancer (terminal - stage 4 when it was detected), and survived well beyond what the doctors predicted. Of course as someone who had survived chutes that didn't deploy, two combat chopper crashes, and being shot at by people trying to kill him with rifles, his tenacity wasn't surprising at all to some of us.
4. The obit that TigerPaw linked in the OP is unique. So was Steve.
1. This comment is in a thread over on Bayou Shooter:
"Steve had very little tolerance for stupid people. He was not politically correct . He was brutally honest. If he said something that hurt your feelings, you best have your own box of tissues. He never sugar coated the truth. He was a grumpy old SOB at times. It has been an honor to know Steve and to call him a friend."
2. This thread on Pistol Forum conveys a lot as well: LINK There are very few people on this planet whose first-hand knowledge exceeded his when it came to the design, function and combat usage of small arms.
3. Steve was the original dude who refused to "suffer fools gladly." He was always candid and honest -- sometimes brutally so (or so it would seem, until you thought about what he had just said).
Steve fought brain cancer (terminal - stage 4 when it was detected), and survived well beyond what the doctors predicted. Of course as someone who had survived chutes that didn't deploy, two combat chopper crashes, and being shot at by people trying to kill him with rifles, his tenacity wasn't surprising at all to some of us.
4. The obit that TigerPaw linked in the OP is unique. So was Steve.
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