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LB Gamble Jr
18 Jul 1944 – 26 Jan 2014
| Birth | 18 Jul 1944 |
| Death | 26 Jan 2014 |
| Cemetery | Mexia City Cemetery Mexia , Limestone County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Slick aka Sharon Erwin McNary on 10 Mar 2017 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124229971 |
Bio
L.B. Gamble, Jr, 69, of Mexia, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, January 29, 2014, at the First United Methodist Church of Mexia with Joe Lucas officiating and Mr. John Stubbs presiding over the Masonic service. Interment will follow in Mexia Cemetery, with the DPS presenting the Texas flag to the family. Visitation will be held at 1 p.m., prior to the service, at the church. L.B. was born in Mexia, Texas to late L.B. and Dorothy Jean Gamble, Sr. He grew up in Shiloh, where he attended school through junior high. He went to high school in Mexia. After graduating high school, L.B. went to Sam Houston State, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree. Upon graduating, he went to work for the Department of Public Safety in the driver's license division, stationed in Harlingen for a year, then stationed as a highway patrolman in Hallettsville, Texas, for two years. L.B. went to work for Mr. Athel Ivy at Ivy Feed and Livestock in Fairfield for about a year. After DPS called to see if he would come back to work on Governor Security Detail, he went to Uvalde, Texas in 1971 for Governor Dolph Briscoe. Upon completion of this, L.B. went back to highway patrol until he retired from DPS in 1984. He became Chief Deputy Sheriff of Uvalde County for several years until he was offered a job at a private prison system in Zavala County. L.B. moved back to Fairfield and was elected constable in 2002, and served for 12 years. He opened Gamble Cemetery Service in 2003, which he operated until his passing. He was preceded in death by a niece, Kristi Gamble McCoy; and mother-in-law, Dorothy Porter. Survivors include his wife, Chrisi Porter Gamble, sons, Brent Gamble and wife, Misty, and Clint Cox and wife, Sarah; daughters, Brandi Gamble Sutherland and husband, Dub, and Amy Key and husband, Jason; grandchildren: Taylor and Emma Gamble, Sophie, Sloane and Liam Sutherland, and Kortney and Kasey Key; brother, Mike Gamble; aunt and uncle, Florence and Sonny Jones; aunt, Alma Padgett; father-in-law, Jimmie B. Porter; brother-in-law, Buddy Copeland and wife, Sharon; nieces, Hollie Gamble Kramer and family, Jenny and Cliff Phillips and family, Julie and Steven Tindell and family, Jaime and Kenny Stimmel and family; as well as numerous cousins, extended family and friends. O14
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