1893

 Luther Preston “L.P.” Gambrell Sr. was born on 06 Oct 1893 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA a child of Henry Gambrell and Annie Louise Poole Gambrell Timms Smith.

1910

Luther Timms was counted in the census on 23 Apr 1910 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA, as a 17-year-old, male, married, white, stepson. Also in the home was his stepfather, George W. Smith; his mother Anna L Smith; and his siblings, Ernest Gambrell, Ellis Gambrell, Vadie Gambrell, and Alma Timms.

1942

When he was 48, he married Doris Inez Craft on 06 Apr 1942 in Anderson, South Carolina, USA.

1946

On May 16, 1946, L P Gambell was mentioned on the birth record of Ethel Anne Gambell

1970

He died on 12 Apr 1970 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA at Columbia Hospital. He was buried on 15 Apr 1970 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Highway Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery

L. P. GAMBRELL

ELGIN – Funeral services for Luther Preston Gambrell will be held tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. in Highway Pentecostal Holiness Church, conducted by the Rev. N. D. Sellers and the Rev. Wiley Evans.

Thompson Funeral Home is in charge.

Mr. Gambrell, 80, died April 12 in Columbia Hospital.

He was born in Greenville, a son of the late Henry Gambrell and Annie Poole Gambrell. He had lived in Elgin 17 years.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Doris Craft Gambrell; five daughters, Mrs. Ethel Porter and Mrs. Brenda Corder of Columbia, Miss Sandra Gambrell of Elgin, Mrs. Thelma Tinsley of Mobile, Ala.; three sons, Jerry Gambrell of Columbia, Pfc. Peake Gambrell of the U. S. Army and George Gambrell of Elgin; a stepson, Larry Craft of the U. S. Air Force; and a sister, Mrs. Mattie Dickerson of Greer.

L. P. GAMBRELL

ELGIN – Luther Preston Gambrell, 80, died Sunday in Columbia Hospital.

He was born in Greenville, a son of the late Henry Gambrell and Annie Poole Gambrell. He had lived in Elgin 17 years.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Doris Craft Gambrell; five daughters, Mrs. Ethel Porter and Mrs. Brenda Corder of Columbia, Miss Sandra Gambrell of Elgin, Mrs. Thelma Tinsley of Mobile, Ala.; three sons, Jerry Gambrell of Columbia, Pfc. Peake Gambrell of the U. S. Army and George Gambrell of Elgin; a stepson, Larry Craft of the U. S. Air Force; and a sister, Mrs. Mattie Dickerson of Greer.

Funeral services will be Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in Highway Pentecostal Holiness Church, near Elgin, conducted by the Rev. N. D. Sellers and the Rev. Wiley Evans.

Thompson Funeral Home is in charge.

GAMBRELL RITES

ELGIN – Funeral services for Luther Preston Gambrell will be held Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in Highway Pentecostal Holiness Church, conducted by the Rev. N. D. Sellers and the Rev. Wiley Evans.

Thompson Funeral Home is in charge.

Luther Preston Gambrell, 80, died Sunday in Columbia Hospital.

Pallbearers will be M. C. Briggs, Russell Branham, Charles Gates Jr., Joe Wise, Tommy Roach and Ernest W. Lee.