Funeral held for family of 3 killed in Memorial Day crash in Garner

A funeral was held Thursday for Tyler and Susan Campbell and their 8-year-old son Miles at Corinth Baptist Church in Ellenboro, North Carolina. The family's lives were cut short by a crash in Garner on Memorial Day.
Posted 6/6/2024, 4:00:00 PM Updated 6/6/2024, 9:24:57 PM

PEOPLE IN A GRAY SUV HEADED

FOR TENNESSEE.

>> THE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS HELD

TODAY FOR A GUARD OR FAMILY

KILLED IN A CRASH ON MEMORIAL

DAY. IT'S CLEAR THAT TYLER AND

SUSIE CAMPBELL IN THEIR 8

YEAR-OLD SON MILES, HAD A

PROFOUND EFFECT ON ALL WHO KNEW

THEM. THE BUREAU SAYS HE

DOESN'T WANT TO LIVE STREAM OF

THE SERVICE. SHE JOINS US LIVE

FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRASH IN

CHELSEA. I IMAGINE THERE WASN'T

A DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE.

>> YEAH, JUST UNBELIEVABLY SAD.

LET'S SHOW YOU WHERE WE'RE AT

RIGHT NOW. WE'RE SEEING 3 WHITE

CROSSES THAT ARE STATE FIRMLY

IN THE GROUND ADORNED WITH

FLOWERS HERE AT HIGHWAY 70 IN

NEW RAND ROAD. THIS IS THE SITE

OF THAT CRASH THAT HAPPENED

ON MEMORIAL DAY WHERE THAT

YOUNG FAMILY ALL LOST THEIR

LIVES IN TODAY. AS YOU

MENTIONED, FAMILY AND FRIENDS

GATHERED TO REMEMBER THE

CAMPBELL.

>> COLLAGE OF PHOTOS OF A

FAMILY OF 3.

PLAYED BEFORE A PACKED CHURCH

IN ELLENBORO NORTH CAROLINA.

ALL THERE TO HONOR AND REMEMBER

THE LIVES OF TYLER, SUSIE AND

MILES. CAMPBELL, FAMILY MEMBERS

FILED IN PAST 3 CASKETS.

THE CAMPBELLS WERE KILLED ON

MEMORIAL DAY IN A WRECK ON

HIGHWAY 70 IN NEW RAND ROAD

IN GARNER.

>> THE CAMPBELLS VIRGINIA WENT

TO THE COURT.

HOSPITABLE, JOYFUL OPEN, WHITE

PARTED AND ALWAYS READY FOR A

GOOD TIME WITH FRIENDS AND

FAMILY. PASTOR MIKE CONNOR OF

CORINTH BAPTIST CHURCH SPENT

TIME READING MEMORIES OF TYLER.

SUSAN, AN 8 YEAR-OLD MILES.

>> THAT FRIENDS AND FAMILY

MEMBERS PROVIDED HIM TODOS

STRONG AND INDEPENDENT.

LOVING AND GENEROUS.

HE LOVED HIS WIFE AND HIS SON

MORE THAN ANYONE ON THIS EARTH.

SUZE LIVE LIFE OUTSIDE THE

LINES.

SHE LOVED PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.

WANT TO BASH OF LEE MILES WAS

THE KINDEST MOST CARING, MOST

COMPASSIONATE LITTLE KID THAT

I'VE EVER HAD. THE PRIVILEGE

TO KNOW.

>> TYLER AND SUSIE WERE NC

STATE GRADS AND IN THE RUNNING

COMMUNITY MILES. AND AVID CUB

SCOUT BECAME AN ORGAN DONOR

AFTER THE CRASH HELPING TO SAVE

4 LIVES. THIS MAN, 25 YEAR-OLD

JORDAN PORTER IS ACCUSED OF

KILLING THE FAMILY AFTER

RUNNING A RED LIGHT GOING 82

AND A 45 ACCORDING TO POLICE.

HE'S NOW FACING 3 SECOND-DEGREE

MURDER CHARGES WARRANT SHOW HE

WAS DRINKING AND SMOKING POT

BEFORE THE CRASH.

>> NOW, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,

THE CAMELS HAVE DEEP ROOTS HERE

IN THE GARNER COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHY A WEEKEND

MEMORIAL SERVICES ALSO PLANNED

ON SATURDAY AT 03:00PM. WE

SHOULD MENTION THAT. IS THAT A

BUILDING THAT SUMMIT CHURCH

USES ON PANDORA SPRINGS ROAD?

WE'RE IN GARNER ON SATURDAY.