Out of every hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there. Eighty are just targets. Nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back. Heraclitus, 500BC

Duel Oscar "Blue" Gambill, 98, passed away on May 18, 2017. The funeral service will be held in the chapel of the Denton Funeral Home on May 24th, 2017 at 2 p.m. Burial will follow at the Prairie Mound Cemetery. Visitation will be on May 22nd, 2017, 6 to 8 p.m.

Blue was born on September 12, 1918 in Warren, Arkansas. He was a veteran of WWII serving in eight major campaigns from the landing at the beaches of Normandy on D Day to serving as Sergeant of the Guard at the Potsdam Conference. Blue was also a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason.

He was the Patriarch and Dragon Slayer of our family. He is survived by five children, fourteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren.