Funeral services for Sam Houston Gamble, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Lewis Walker, Jr. and the Rev. Retha Thompson, were held Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Greeleyville. Burial, directed by Redmond-Richardson Funeral Home, followed at St. James Baptist Church Cemetery in Greeleyville. Mr. Gamble died Saturday, June 20, 2009, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence. He was born October 27, 1953, in Greeleyville, a son of the late John Arthur Gamble and Mattie Lucille Montgomery Gamble. He received his formal education in the public schools of Williamsburg County and was in the graduating class of 1975 at C.E. Murray High School. He worked in the construction industry for many years before starting a career with the South Carolina Department of Transportation. Survivors are: his wife, Mildred Gamble of the home; four daughters, Marcia Keels (Erick) of Greeleyville; Kimberly Rodgers and Monique Rodgers (Mark Smith), both of Columbia; and Shaunta Rodgers (Carlos Mack) of Kingstree; five brothers, Dea. Ronald Gamble (Janice) and Willie Gamble (Angie), both of Greeleyville; Julius Gamble (Phillipine) of Kingtree; Lavern Gamble (Norma Lee) of Tabor City, North Carolina; and Leroy Gamble (Joyce) of New Havern, Connecticut; two sisters, Debra Patterson (John) of Lane; and Karolena “Dollie” Gamble of New Haven, Connecticut; and nine grandchildren.