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Joseph Franklin Camp
Biographical Sketch On The Life Of Franklin Camp FRANKLIN CAMP, born at Munford, Alabama in 1915, began his initial days of preaching in 1935. He was
preceded by a family history of gospel preachers, his father and grandfather both having been pioneer preachers. He attended David Lipscomb College. Camp preached at Munford, Alabama, Park Avenue, LaGrange, Georgia, and East Gadsden, Alabama. He was with the Shades Mountain congregation in Birmingham, Alabama, for over ten years. He served for sixteen years as a member of the Board of Trustees of Alabama Christian College and spoke on college lectureship programs at Alabama Christian, Freed-Hardeman and David Lipscomb. He served as co-editor of the First Century Christian and editor of The Word of Life. He was the author of two books, Old Truths in New Robes, Volumes one and two. He published a book on the Holy Spirit. He passed from this life in 1991, and is buried in the city cemetery in Munford, Alabama where many family members and friends now wait for the day of the Lord.
Location of Franklin Camp's Grave Franklin Camp is buried in the small town of his birth, Munford, Alabama. East of Birmingham take Exit 185, Oxford/Anniston Exit. Turn south and go 9.2 miles on Hwy. 21. Turn right on Main St. You will pass the Munford Church of Christ on the right. Continue on Main St. cross the Railroad tracks and the road splits. Stay to the right, going down behind the old building facing the tracks. and turn right on Jennifer. God 2/10 miles on Jennifer and turn left on Cemetery Circle. Go to the second tree on the right, and the grave will be under the tree. While in the area, be sure to visit the grave of Camp's nephew, Winfred Clark.
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