Kerry Joyce Campbell of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina died on October 13, 2026, after years of battling Alzheimer’s.

She was born in Rockville Center Long Island on May 1st, 1947 and grew up in Danville, Virginia.

She attended Sacred Heart Catholic School and George Washington High School (GWHS) in Danville, Virginia.

Kerry was in Kilty Korps at GWHS. She took many years of dance at the Anne Boyer School of Dance. Kerry made her debut at the German Club of Danville debutante ball in 1966. She attended the Medical College of Virginia for Physical Therapy before transferring to Radford College where she graduated with a degree in Microbiology.

Kerry was a runner up in the Miss Danville pageant and a Tobacco Princess representing Danville at the Tobacco Festival Ball in Richmond.

After college Kerry traveled to Australia to visit some friends there for 6 months, ended up having a car accident and had to stay 6 more months until she recovered from injuries and settled a lawsuit. She returned home and then traveled to Germany where she worked for a tobacco company while living in Stuttgart and traveled around Europe for a year.

Kerry moved to Richmond after traveling and worked at the Virginia Department of Health as a food analyst. She left the VDH and started a career in banking.

After a divorce, she moved to PA and worked for Hershey’s Chocolate Company until moving to Baltimore where she returned to banking, remaining in the banking business until retiring and relocating to Mt. Pleasant, SC.

She loved working out, playing tennis, traveling and her family. She traveled to Dublin, Ireland to run the Dublin marathon…just to see if she could…and she did!!! She also inherited her mother’s passion for volunteer work. She was a member of the Bon Air Jr. Woman’s Club and the Junior League of Richmond when she lived in Virginia. She was a member of the Junior League of Baltimore and volunteered for Hospice Care in Maryland.

She loved spending holidays, birthdays, vacations and other special occasions or just popping in to spend the weekend with family. Kerry was a loving and giving person who will be missed tremendously.

She is survived by her brothers Richard (Rick) E. Campbell II (Michele) of Greenville, SC, Robert (Bob) C. Campbell (Adrian) of Winston Salem, NC, her sister Alexis (Misi) C. Benfanti (Bob) of Surf City, NC, nieces Magan C. Nelson (Les), Erica C. Byrum (Todd), Morgan C. Duncan (Chris), S. Campbell Benfanti and nephew Alexander (Alex) R. Benfanti as well as several cousins, grandnieces and great grandnieces.

She is preceded in death by her father Richard E. Campbell and her mother Lorraine (Niki) N. Campbell.

Arrangements are by J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., Mount Pleasant Chapel. A memorial message may be sent to the family on our website at www.jhenrystuhr.com.