PATSY GALLAGHER CAMPBELL

Following my husband’s retirement in 2015, we purchased a home in Fort Myers, Florida. We also keep a home in Morehead City. I am happy to be close to family and friends in Raleigh part of each year! We call North Carolina home from April until October and the rest of the year you can find us in Florida!

I went to Broughton sophomore year, then graduated from Saint Genevieve of the Pines in Asheville 1965. I attended Saint Mary's College, South Bend , Indiana where I received the Catholic education my parentsi valued. I had a fortunate blind date with a charming Notre Dame student in 1966 (while at Saint Mary's)! I married Benson Walker Campbell, III, 5 years later! We are the parents of 3 wonderful children! My final degree was a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology.

I have been blessed through the years, as my husband knew my need to stay close to all family and many friends (in North Carolina )even though we lived in Kentucky! One of the benefits is that I have been able to maintain many of my friends in the class I started high school with, and happily enjoy reuniogatherings, and frequent visits to Raleigh. There have been many special friends in my life, but those nurtured old friendships are the richest.

I was able to be a stay at home mom, while Benson worked to build his accounting practice. I began working part-time when our children left for college. I did therapy and counseling (with a concentration in substance abuse) and I was adjunct faculty at a local college, teaching Intro Psych and Developmental Psych. When I had time, I served as a Peritas for the Diocese of Owensboro doing psychological evaluations for annulments.

We are happy that it is time to linger longer in North Carolina (forever the home of my heart) and enjoy Florida, the land of endless summer. It is exciting to turn the page to the "retirement" chapter of life. We managed to make the first years an enjoyable and exciting adventure and I think our future will be the same!