Services Held for L. Bradley Camp, Association’s 37th President
Funeral services were held this week for Dallas Builders Association Past President L. Bradley Camp, who passed away May 30 following a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was 86.
Mr. Camp had personally been a member of the Dallas BA for 58 years, serving as the Association’s 37th president in 1980. He was a Senior Life Director with the National Association of Home Builders.
“Brad was a true gentleman and homebuilder at heart,” said Kent Conine, past president of the Dallas BA, Texas Association of Builders and NAHB. “He was an integral part of the growth of the housing industry and our Association in the Dallas area and took extreme pride in bringing area families into homeownership.”
in 1965, Camp and S. Foster Yancey, Jr. formed Yancey-Camp Construction Co., which built homes, commercial property and developed subdivisions across the North Texas area. He was known for being an aggressive advocate of free enterprise and embodied an entrepreneurial spirit.
Brad Camp was a real estate broker and an officer at Oak Cliff Savings, Exchange Savings and Wentwood Companies. He was a partner in the Dallas Cowboys, Dr Pepper and 7-Up, chairman of Crestone Development, Ltd., a partner of Savvy Distilling Co., founder of Carrollton 1st National Bank and founder and director at Windsor Savings. He had also served in the Air Force Reserve.
Mr. Camp was an elected Life Member of the Keepers of the Quaich in Edinburgh, Scotland; a national officer of the Chaine de Rotisseurs; a member of Testavin; and president of Our Lady of Perpetual Help School Advisory Council. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, a trustee of the Catholic Foundation, a member of the Sierra Club of Metro Dallas and a member of the Knights of Malta.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Barbara; two sons, Lawrence Bradley Camp III and Robert Yancey Camp; and two grandsons, Robert Yancey Camp II and Charles Hayne Camp; sisters Rita Beck and Marian Camp; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to the Brad Camp Scholarship Fund at Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
Expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.Sparkman-Hillcrest.com for the Camp family.