CAMP REMEMBERED

Family, friends, and colleagues continue to mourn the loss of Dan Camp.

Wcbi stinger intro video in monitor family, friends, and colleagues continue to mourn the loss of dan camp.

Camp served one term as mayor of starkville and was the visionary behind the "cotton district."

Our cash matlock spent the day talking with those who knew camp.

He joins us live in the studio with more.

Cash?

Aundrea, it's no secret that dan camp was an extraordinary business man, a dedicated mayor, and an overall pillar of the community.

Those i spoke with today say he was also a good person... and family man... and his legacy will live on through the town he helped shape.

It was a somber morning for those who knew and loved dan camp.

"he was a leader.

He was an innovator.

He was a visionary.

He saw things before any of the rest of us saw it.

He helped create starkville as it is now."

"he was a good citizen.

He was certainly an outstanding business man."

"he was one of the most giving and caring people i've met, and he really was such a dear friend."

Many say it would be impossible to walk through downtown starkville or the cotton district and not see camp's influence.

"that's where he shown, and will continue to shine, and i think his children will carry on that legacy because they are following and have been following with him and in his footsteps as he's continuing to grow and build the concept of the urban space."

"he could see starkville in ways that others couldn't see starkville and he developed alot of it along those lines."

"he really is everywhere.

What his impact on our city was is as big as his personality."

He had a personality some describe as gruff, boisterous, and exciting.... "at least once a month i'd get a call from dan about something that i needed to be doing that i wasn't doing, and we'd yell at one another again, and i'd go visit him, and we'd settle whatever it was-- whatever pothole that wasn't getting fixed the way he thought it ought to be fixed."

Some describe him as a person with a hard exterior... "dan and i, we had a little croquet club and we used to play croquet ever memorial day weekend.

He was extrememly competitive and one time went running down the field with his croquet mallet after a player.

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But also a person who deeply loved and cared for his friends.

"he was one of the most giving and caring people i've met, and he really was such a dear friend."

Camp's influence can be seen throughout the community, the arts, and even public education.

"he was a very special guy.

He will be missed, and he leaves a big hole."

"it is a great loss for our community."

And all agree... that dan camp was one of kind.

"there's not anybody in starkville that will take his place."

Arrangements for dan camp have not yet been announced.