Lucy Campbell Council, born December 15, 1943, peacefully passed away on January 23, 2015 in her hometown of Panama City, FL. She was preceded in death by her husband Maurice (Bubba) Council of Tallahassee, FL, parents Ira and Carolyn Campbell and sister Jo Carolyn Brubaker of Panama City, FL. She is survived by her daughter, Michelle Council, and partner Regina Roat in addition to cousins Peggy Grapp of Valley, AL, Bill Campbell of Marietta, GA., Mimi Young of Prattville, AL., niece Betsy Wicklein of Athens, GA, and nephew David Brubaker of Gretna, LA., and brother in law Lewis Brubaker of Panama City, FL.
Lucy was educated through Bay County school system and graduated from Bay High School in 1961. Her many friends could often be found at The Hangout down at the beach and by Lucy's own admission, she could be rightfully blamed for many youthful shenanigans.
Lucy graduated with her B.S. degree in nursing in 1965 from The Florida State University and thus began a career initially dedicated to direct patient care. She then moved to administration where she consistently sought ways to improve quality of care and create new treatment programs.
After they both graduated from FSU, Lucy and Bubba began their professional lives in 1966 in Bennettsville, S.C. where she was a nurse at Bennettsville Memorial Hospital and he started his career as a federal agent with Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. She later became Director of Nursing Services in 1968 at the Chesterfield County Memorial hospital in Cheraw, S.C.
After Bubba was transferred to Jacksonville, FL .and subsequently to Gulf Breeze, FL., Lucy focused on raising Michelle which was a full time job in itself in addition to supporting school and civic organizations. For example, she started the first local blood bank for the Villa Venyce residential community in Gulf Breeze and developed a women's self-protection class with the Escambia County Sherriff's Department.
After relocating to Naperville, IL., a suburb of Chicago, Lucy resumed her health care career and served in numerous leadership positions including: Director of Orthopedics at the Glen Ellen Health Center, Director of Outpatient Services and subsequently Section Director of Patient Affairs at Lutheran General Hospital. One of her many accomplishments during her tenure at Lutheran General, was the establishment of a lithotripsy treatment program. She later became Administrator of Nessett Health Care system in Chicago where she established their first infertility treatment center.
In Greenville, SC., she was administrator for the Greenville Hospital Home Health and Hospice which was the largest in the state. She then moved to the Roger Pease Rehabilitation Facility as Director of Patient Admissions and Program Development.
After "retiring" back to Panama City in the late 1990s, Lucy served as the Director of Case Management at Gulf Coast Hospital. During her "retirement", Lucy and Bubba lived in Bay Point where she was active in clubs such as Panama City Beach Kiwanis, Bay Point Architectural Review and Security Committees. She continued to support her passion for health care by serving as an advisory board member for Gentiva Health Care, Care South Home Health Care, and Lisenby Home Health care. She served as a student mentor for the Bay Education Foundation which was one of her greatest joys.
As a person, Lucy had a great capacity for caring and supporting the needs of others. She was known for her drive and determination and expected such from others. She would challenge you but support you on your journey as she had the capacity to see the potential in others when sometimes they themselves could not. She was tenacious in life and stubborn to heed her Maker's calling. There was no "quit" in Lucy and she gave us the very best she had until her final hour.
Lucy had many passions in life, among them a love for the beach where so many of her memories were made, fishing, kitties, and her many, many friends.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, January 28 from 4 – 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 29 at the Cornerstone Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.
An endowed scholarship in her name will be created at the Florida State School of Nursing. She requested no flowers but to send donations to her scholarship to:
The FSU Foundation
2010 Levy Avenue Bldg. B Ste. 300
Tallahassee, FL. 32306

With your donation, please include a note that this is to be directed to the Lucy Campbell Council Scholarship in Nursing. Any donation amount is welcome.
The family would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to the nursing and respiratory therapy staff in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Bay Medical Center. Their care for Lucy and compassion for our family was a true blessing. Special thanks to Glenn, Lisa, Linda, Melissa, Morgan, Ally, Michael, and Chloe. We are forever indebted to you.