W. Brent Camp Sr., 71

W. Brent Camp Sr., born on Dec. 13, 1941, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2013, after a courageous battle with cardiovascular disease.

Brent graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1959. He attended and graduated from Auburn University.

Brent was president and CEO of V.M.S. Inc., a lifetime member of the Alabama Cattleman's Association, member of the Southeastern Livestock Exhibition, life member of the NRA and charter member of the Golden Eagles and Second Amendment Task Force. He was also recognized in the Who's Who of the Republican Party.

 As an avid Auburn fan, Brent was a lifetime member of the Auburn Alumni Association and was nominated three times for the prestigious Samford Society which acknowledges alumni who have contributed to the university. While at Auburn, Brent was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and remained a life loyal Sig.

After living for over 25 years in West Autauga County, Ala., he moved to the Northwest Flathead Valley of Montana with his wife Shirley. Brent quickly established himself as an Auburn fan in Somers, with a display of a huge Auburn flag atop the mountain where he lived, overlooking the Flathead Valley.

 Brent was preceded in death by his father James W. Camp, and mother Blondell W. Camp.

He is survived by his loving wife, Shirley Wilhoite Camp; his five children, Shannon Smith and John, Amy Carr and Bernard, Brent Camp Jr. and Erin, Ashley Pruitt and Glen, and Allison Waid and Andy; and 10 grandchildren, Alex and Austin Fike, Holly and Walker Carr, Sheridan and Will Camp, Clint Thames, Elizabeth Narmour, Lacy Smith and Miller Waid; his uncle, Herbert Camp, of Camden, Tenn.; many dear cousins from the state of Tennessee;  his stepchildren, Robert Murphy, and Tamera Green and Darrell; and stepgrandchildren, Ashley Simmons and Phillip, and Brittnany Cox.

 Honorary pallbearers were Mike W. Kelley, Mike W. Kelly Jr., Bernard Carr, Andrew Waid, Glen Pruitt, Jr., Darrell Green and Mark Oliver.

A celebration of his life was held March 21 at Leak-Memory Chapel in Montgomery, Ala.      

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.