Doris Irene Gamblin, daughter of the late Charles A. May and Edna Tarbutton May Talley, was born on March 14, 1940, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on May 4, 2022, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 82 years.

Mrs. Gamblin was a former employee of Elders Manufacturing in Dexter, Missouri, she was a former cook for the Bloomfield Nursing Center, in Bloomfield, Missouri, and she had worked for a termite company in California. She was affiliated with the Missionary Baptist Church and was a resident of Bloomfield. She enjoyed playing games with her family and on her phone and working crossword puzzles. As a former resident of Dexter, she was involved with many activities and leaves behind many friends and loved ones.

She is survived by her daughter, Donna Cowgur of Bloomfield, Missouri; and by her sister, Mary Lou Thurman of Bloomfield, Missouri.

Other than by her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Ed May.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, May 7, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.

A memorial service will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Andy May officiating.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.