Kent Gamble

Kent Gamble was born on December 14, 1953, to Johnny and Norma Gamble, of Lubbock Texas. At a young age, Kent's mother described his energy as wild and boisterous, which foreshadowed his eventual love for self-expression through the art of drawing cartoons; particularly caricatures. Kent played football and ran track at Monterey High School (class of 1972). While studying advertising at Texas Tech University, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He drew cartoons for the student body magazine, La Ventana, and later for nationally distributed Cracked and Crazy magazines, and for many other publications. Perhaps Kent's most notable published piece was the gangster-spoof paperback, "The Touchables" both written and illustrated by him.

Besides being a father to his only child, Ryan Elizabeth Gamble, drawing professionally was among his greatest passions, as well as: taking in films, history, Texas Tech sports, and the jumble puzzle in the Avalanche Journal. For as humorous and fun as he was, Kent was an extremely grounded and pragmatic person; always reliable. When he wasn't spending time with his wife, Dana Gamble, or collecting the original artworks of Mort Drucker (of MAD magazine), or watching reruns of his mid-century television favorites, he worked as President of Stewart Title of Lubbock for over 35 years. Anyone who had the privilege of closing their home with Kent will tell you that he managed to make something as drab as document signing fun, leaving anyone in the room in stitches by the time it was over.

Kent is preceded in death by his mother, Norma Gamble, and his father, Johnny Gamble. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Dana Gamble, his brother and sister-in-law, Phil and Kasha Gamble (of Austin) and their children, his stepmother, Trudy Gamble (of Lubbock), and his daughter, Ryan Gamble (of Austin) and son-in-law, Jason Farrar.

A memorial Service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, March 6, 2026 at the First United Methodist Church Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly suggests that memorial donations be made to Treasured Times at First United Methodist Church-Lubbock, 1411 Broadway St, Lubbock, TX 79401.