Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Zella May Cox Gamble
   
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   Zella  May  Gamble,  92,  cheyenne,  was  born  December  31,  1883 in
   Sheridan,  Ind.,  and  died  Thursday,  July  10, 1986 at the Cheyenne
   Convalescent Home folloiwng an extended illness.
   when  a small child, she moved with her parents, Thomas A. and Cora M.
   Cox to Tennessee and from there to Grimes, Okla., in 1920. On February
   14,  1913  she and Elijah Thomas Gamble were married in Cheyenne. They
   moved  to  Rankin  in 1925 and in 1938 they moved northwest of Reydon.
   The  last three years of her life were spent in Cheyenne. She had been
   a  member of the First Baptist church of Reydon for a number of years.
   She  was  also  the  last  surviving  member  of  the Rankin Community
   Quilting  Club.  Mrs  Gamble  was  also  an  authoress, having written
   "Thanks Father For This Roof" and book of poetry, "Moments of Rest."
   Those who preceded her in death were her parents; her husband in 1972;
   one daughter, Verna Lee Barbour; one son, Grant; one grandson, Charles
   King; one sister and two brothers.
   Survivors  include  one daughter, Edith King of Moore; one son, Roy L.
   Gamble   of   Ceur   d'Alene,   Idaho,   11  grandchildren;  17  great
   grandchildren;  one  great  great granddaughter; three sissters, Viola
   Pepass  and Willie Bates, both of West Plains, MO; Nellie Jurgensen of
   Sayre; one brother, Carter Cox of Midwest City and other relatives.
   Funeral  services were conducted Monday, July 14, 1986 at 1:30 p.m. in
   the  First  Baptist Church of Reydon with Ernest Ashcraft officiating.
   Interment  will  follow  in  the Dempsey Cemetery, Roger Mills County,
   Oklahoma  with  Rose  Chapel  Funeral Service of cheyenne in charge of
   arrangements.
   Grandsons served as pallbearers.