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After Campbell died in Ferriday of a lingering illness,<ref name=natchez/> ​Mrs. Campbell served as sheriff under appointment of Governor [Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] until her death a year and a half later on July 25, 1941. By that time Noah W. Cross of Ferriday began the first of his twenty-five years as sheriff, seven nonconsecutive and interrupted terms, in the combined law-enforcement and tax-collecting position.<ref>List of 20th century sheriffs of Concordia Parish, Concordia Parish Library, Vidalia branch.</ref>  Darlene Campbell was the daughter of Mike J. Schuchs and the former Julia Brunk. She was quickly buried on the same day that she died.<ref name=natchez>"Mrs Campbell Died Yesterday: Splendid Lady of Vidalia Called by Death, Buried Yesterday", ''The Natchez Democra,'' Natchez, [[Mississippi]], July 26, 1941.</ref> Mrs. Campbell was not the first widow appointed in Louisiana to fill the remaining term of her husband as sheriff. In 1936, when Sheriff [[Wyatt Luther Nugent]] of Grant Parish was killed in the line of his duty, his widow, Lydia Ann Rosier Nugent, served briefly thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=frances-nugent-petrus&pid=171817799&fhid=10218|title=Frances Nugent Petrus|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>   

After Campbell died in Ferriday of a lingering illness,<ref name=natchez/> ​Mrs. Campbell served as sheriff under appointment of Governor [Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] until her death a year and a half later on July 25, 1941. By that time Noah W. Cross of Ferriday began the first of his twenty-five years as sheriff, seven nonconsecutive and interrupted terms, in the combined law-enforcement and tax-collecting position.<ref>List of 20th century sheriffs of Concordia Parish, Concordia Parish Library, Vidalia branch.</ref>  Darlene Campbell was the daughter of Mike J. Schuchs and the former Julia Brunk. She was quickly buried on the same day that she died.<ref name=natchez>"Mrs Campbell Died Yesterday: Splendid Lady of Vidalia Called by Death, Buried Yesterday", ''The Natchez Democra,'' Natchez, [[Mississippi]], July 26, 1941.</ref> Mrs. Campbell was not the first widow appointed in Louisiana to fill the remaining term of her husband as sheriff. In 1936, when Sheriff [[Wyatt Luther Nugent]] of Grant Parish was killed in the line of his duty, his widow, Lydia Ann Rosier Nugent, served briefly thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=frances-nugent-petrus&pid=171817799&fhid=10218|title=Frances Nugent Petrus|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>   

However, no woman was elected sheriff in Louisiana until 1956 when Eloise Bouanchaud was elected in Pointe Coupee Parish to succeed her late husband.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/louisiana/monroe/monroe-news-star/1956/04-18/|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|title=Sheriff's Widow Wins Election in Point Coupee|date=April 18, 1956}}</ref> The next time a woman was elected sheriff in Louisiana was in 1999, when Beth Oakley Lundy won the position in Calcasieu Parish, which encompasses [[Lake Charles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reocities.com/vbenson_2000/sheriffs.htm|title=First Woman Sheriffs in the United States of America|publisher=reocities.com|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref> Lundy polled 51.5 percent of the vote cast against a fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in the nonpartisan blanket primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10231999/10231999_10.html|title=Election returns: Calcasieu Parish|date=October 23, 1999|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>

However, no woman was elected sheriff in Louisiana until 1956 when Eloise Bouanchaud was elected in Pointe Coupee Parish to succeed her late husband.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/louisiana/monroe/monroe-news-star/1956/04-18/|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|title=Sheriff's Widow Wins Election in Point Coupee|date=April 18, 1956}}</ref> The next time a woman was elected sheriff in Louisiana was in 1999, when Beth Oakley Lundy won the position in Calcasieu Parish, which encompasses [[Lake Charles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reocities.com/vbenson_2000/sheriffs.htm|title=First Woman Sheriffs in the United States of America|publisher=reocities.com|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref> Lundy polled 51.5 percent of the vote cast against a fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in the nonpartisan blanket primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10231999/10231999_10.html|title=Election returns: Calcasieu Parish|date=October 23, 1999|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>

Services for both Campbells were held in Vidalia at the family residence, which was designed in [[Queen Anne]] Revival style architecture and was included on the National Register of Historic Places. The residence burned to the ground in January 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Campbell,_Sheriff_Eugene_P.,_House|title=Sheriff Eugene P. Campbell House|publisher=archiplanet.org|accessdate=May 30, 2012}}</ref> Both Campbells are interred at Natchez City Cemetery.<ref name=tpg/><ref name=natchez/>​

Services for both Campbells were held in Vidalia at the family residence, which was designed in [[Queen Anne]] Revival style architecture and was included on the National Register of Historic Places. The residence burned to the ground in January 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Campbell,_Sheriff_Eugene_P.,_House|title=Sheriff Eugene P. Campbell House|publisher=archiplanet.org|accessdate=May 30, 2012}}</ref> Both Campbells are interred at Natchez City Cemetery.<ref name=tpg/><ref name=natchez/>​