Freddie Epheriam Campbell, 69, of East Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at Haven Hospice Custead Care Center, Orange Park. The son of Rudolph Porter and Victoria Campbell, Epheriam was a native of Hastings (Silver Hill Community), born on Sunday, September 7, 1947. In his early years, he attended the family's church, Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Spuds. He was a 1965 graduate of Walter E. Harris High School, Hastings and subsequently attended Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach. He was a longtime farm labor contractor who loved antique cars and going on cruises. He was an avid sports fan who favored the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Preceding Epheriam in eternal rest includes his mother, Victoria Campbell; sister, Kimberly Shanita Campbell; best friends, William Bobo" Smith, Dallas Thompson, and Aaron Young.

To treasure Epheriam's memories: soulmate (wife of 40 years), Staretha Allen, Jacksonville; father, Rudolph Porter, Hastings; daughters, Vicki Allen, Shanica Campbell, Patricia Campbell, Jeimara Campbell, Uvina Allen, Faith Allen, all of Jacksonville; son, Brandon Allen, Jacksonville; 4 grandchildren, Nikayla Campbell, Josh Senior, Kaiden Campbell, Brian Pettiway, all of Jacksonville; sisters, Alveta Kaymore, Tanya Jackson, both of Hastings; Australia Campbell, Glenda Campbell, both of Jacksonville; Deborah Threet, Port St. Lucie; Conester Terry, Gainesville; Erika Nesbit, Atlanta, GA; Paurette Porter, Jamaica, NY; Arleathea Porter, Long Island, NY; brothers, Joseph (Priscilla) Campbell, Daytona Beach; Frankie (Faye) Threet, Hastings; Tony Campbell, Palatka; Bruce Campbell, Jacksonville; Ronald (Jequita) Evans, Sr., East Palatka; numerous aunts & uncles including, Lawrence (Sylvia Ann) Campbell, Denver, CO; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins, other caring relatives and many sorrowing friends; extended family members: Epheriam's Work Crew; Yolanda Watts, East Palatka; Maryetta Pendleton, Christine Hayes, Leon Pendleton, Clementine Robinson, Charlie Pendleton, all of Sanford; lifelong friends: Harris High School Class of '65; Dean McLamb, Keith (Jean) Barefoot, Roy D. Johnson, Sr., Roy D. Johnson, Jr.; (FARMERS) all of Benson, NC; Johnson Transmission, Dunn, NC; (Accountant) Cindy Pert; Ray Cervantes Insurance Agency; Tire Kingdom; Teresa Norris; all of Palatka; Brenda Smith, Virgil Mathis, both of East Palatka; Fred "Rico" Kemp, Hastings.

Visitation of family & friends will be 5-8 p.m., Friday, June 9 at "Flagg's Chapel of Serenity." Homegoing Celebration will be 11 a.m., Saturday, June 10 at The Lord's Temple City of Refuge, 140 Gilmore Street, Hastings, Bishop Thomas Cave, III, Overseer, is the eulogist and Pastor Abram Jones, presiding. Interment will be in Palatka Memorial Gardens.