Dr. Howard Williams Campbell, 77, of Henderson, Kentucky, passed away Monday, February 19, 2018, at The Heart Hospital at Deaconess Gateway in Newburgh, Indiana.

He was a member of Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, the Green River Dental Society, and the Kentucky Dental Association.  Howard was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 28, 1941, and grew up in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.  He was a graduate of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, attended graduate school at St. Louis University, and graduated from the University of Louisville Dental School in 1969.  He was a captain in the U.S. Army and a Kentucky Colonel.  In 1971, he opened his dental practice in Henderson, Kentucky, after being recruited by Dr. William "Bill" Newman.  Along with his dental practice, he had a passion for his farm where he bred Standardbred racehorses.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard Williams and Mildred Anderson Campbell.

Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Mary Ann; two daughters, Carol Ann Blanford Buckman and her husband, Lee, and Mary Kelly Blanford Schneider and her husband, Brad, both of Henderson, Kentucky; two sons, David Keith Blanford and his wife, Susan, and James Michael Blanford and his wife, Amy, both of Corydon, Kentucky; eight grandchildren, William Kevin Chandler and his wife, Heather, of Poole, Kentucky, Emily Ann Chandler Walker and her husband, Ian, of Evansville, Indiana, David Keith Blanford, II, of Paducah, Kentucky, Paul Dixon Blanford of Corydon, Kentucky, Benjamin Louis Schneider and Nicholas Allen Schneider, both of Henderson, Kentucky, and Adam Everett Blanford and Madeline Campbell Blanford, both of Corydon, Kentucky; four great-grandsons, William Aden Walker, John Michael Walker, Eric Thomas Walker, and Nathan Campbell Chandler; three sisters, Mary Ann Polston and her husband, Ron, of Raymond, Illinois, Carol Mitchell and her husband, Scott, of Spotsylvania, Virginia, and Susan Weaver and her husband, Mike, of Edmond, Oklahoma; one brother, David Anderson Campbell and his wife, Mary Nelle, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois; nieces and nephews.

Services will be at noon Friday at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church.  Father Larry McBride will officiate.  Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and until 11 a.m. Friday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home where prayers will be said at 6:00 p.m. Thursday.

Contributions may be made to Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church or Easterseals Rehabilitation Center, 3701 Bellemeade Avenue, Evansville, Indiana 47714.

Pallbearers will be his grandsons.