Tom Gambrell

Y-DNA Haplogroup R-M269 / R1b1a1b

Honorable Discharge, United States Navy, 1950

Member, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, University of Mississippi, 1952

Bachelor of Law Degree from University of Mississippi, 1953

Attorney and Counsellor at Law of Mississippi State Supreme Court, 1953

Attorney and Counselor Solicitor Advocate and Proctor of Northern District of Mississippi, 1953

Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Mississippi, 1954

Member, Sertoma Club International, 1955

Juris Doctor, 1968

Served in WWII. Achieved rank of PTR3:

TOM WAS a PAINTER 3rd CLASS PETTY OFFICER

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Navy Enlisted Advancement System Petty Officer 3rd Class

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Meaning of surname, from Ancestry:

Gambrell Name Meaning

English: unexplained; probably of French origin (see 2). Respelling of French Gambrelle, a reduced form of Gambarelle, a nickname denoting someone with long legs, from a derivative of gambe, Norman and Picard form of jambe ‘leg’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

The highest percentage of Gambrells in the US in the 1920 census and before was in South Carolina