Over the next 35 years, Tom successfully developed and expanded Amtrec, building many enduring professional relationships. By 1971 Tom was already eager to start his own fundraising business, American Trends Corporation. After graduating from college, he began his career by joining Southwest Bible Company selling bibles door-to-door, and shortly thereafter went to work for Nasco. Tom continued to hone his leadership skills throughout college by shamelessly enlisting his frat brothers to sell Krispy Kreme Donuts to raise party funds. Both of these qualities bode him well in what would become a lifetime of professional achievements. His mischievous smile and twinkle in his eye could be as disarming as his candor was alarming. Although Tom had always modeled an excellent work ethic, he was no stranger to fun. While attending college, Tom began his Marine Reserve training on Parris Island and stayed in the Reserves for the next six years. The brothers he made through Sigma Alpha Omega became lifetime friends, with as many as 40 or more still in touch to this day. There he didn't waste any time in finding a cause to rally behind and became one of the founding members of SAO, the first ever fraternal group on the West Georgia campus. After graduation from Druid Hills High School in 1965 he entered the University of West Georgia in Carrollton. As a teen he was championed as a top salesman in Junior Achievement, filling the hallway of 898 Clifton Rd. His leadership roles came naturally, and he persistently followed in his beloved father's entrepreneurial footsteps. Whether you came to know him as Tom, Tommy, or Dad it's fair to say all revered him for the high bar of excellence and integrity he held himself to as well as those around him. As a little boy he was inquisitive, pensive, and quite happy to sit on the front porch studying the sky during a thunderstorm. Tom was born on August 21, 1947, in Durham, North Carolina.
Thomas Henry Campbell, III, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend to many passed away February 12, 2023, ending his six-year battle with Alzheimer's.
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