Vernon Foster Gamble Jr., 72, of Memphis, chairman of the Memphis Board of Solicitations for 17 years and a retired insurance executive for New York Life, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke's United Methodist Church with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He was past president and a Melvin Jones Fellow of the White Station Lions Club, which named him Humanitarian of the Year in 1980. He was a member of Al Chymia Temple, president of the board of directors at Wesley Highland Manor and a vice president of Wesley Housing Corp. of Memphis. He belonged to St. Luke's United Methodist Church, where he was the coordinator of the Wesley Madison project. He was a graduate of Chamberland Hunt Military Academy in Vicksburg, Miss., and attended Memphis State University. He leaves his wife, Joy Sawyer Gamble; a daughter, Mrs. Valerie G. Cowan, and a son, John F. Gamble, both of Memphis, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Luke's United Methodist Church or to Wesley Highland Manor. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 2/11/1991)
Vernon Foster Gamble Jr., 72, of Memphis, chairman of the Memphis Board of Solicitations for 17 years and a retired insurance executive for New York Life, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke's United Methodist Church with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. He was past president and a Melvin Jones Fellow of the White Station Lions Club, which named him Humanitarian of the Year in 1980. He was a member of Al Chymia Temple, president of the board of directors at Wesley Highland Manor and a vice president of Wesley Housing Corp. of Memphis. He belonged to St. Luke's United Methodist Church, where he was the coordinator of the Wesley Madison project. He was a graduate of Chamberland Hunt Military Academy in Vicksburg, Miss., and attended Memphis State University. He leaves his wife, Joy Sawyer Gamble; a daughter, Mrs. Valerie G. Cowan, and a son, John F. Gamble, both of Memphis, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Luke's United Methodist Church or to Wesley Highland Manor. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 2/11/1991)
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