Brigadier General Gordon B. Cauble, 

U.S. Army (Ret.) 92, of Tucson, Arizona, died December 
3, 2009. He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 
years, Vernette Adell Cedarleaf Cauble. Survivors 
include his wife, Suzanne Wells Cauble; four children, 
Thomas G. Cauble of Midlothian, VA., Nancy C. Terrill of 
Richmond, VA., Kenneth D. Cauble of Tucson, Arizona, 
Kathleen M. Cauble of Great Falls, VA.; nine 
grandchildren, Arian, Beau and Caley Terrill, Stephanie 
Cauble, Darren and Matthew Cauble, Ryan Gilliam, and 
Sarah and Nicholas Matalone; four great-grandchildren, 
Isis, Charlee, Jackson and Cameron; one niece, Virginia 
Gordon Sams Muse of Decatur, Georgia; and two nephews, 
David C. Cauble, Jr., of Mebane, N.C. and David Z. 
Cauble, III, of LaGrange, Georgia. Gen. Cauble was a 
mechanical engineering graduate of the Georgia Institute 
of Technology and earned his M.B.A. from Harvard 
Business School. He served his country as the Signal 
Officer of the 29th Infantry Division, going ashore on 
D-Day, being wounded at St. Lo, and serving through the 
Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was a member of Catalina 
Foothills Church and Tucson Rotary. His hobby was 
Corvairs, and he was a Founding Member and Past 
President of the Tucson Corvair Club. Over the years, he 
owned as many as 22 Corvairs, one of which was 
recognized as the Grand Award Winner at the National 
Corvair Convention. Visitation will be held at EAST LAWN 
PALMS MORTUARY, 5801 E. Grant Rd., on Tuesday, December 
8 from 7:00 - 9:00pm. Funeral Service will be held at 
Catalina Foothills Church, 2150 E. Orange Grove Rd., on 
Wednesday, December 9 at 1:00 p.m. Interment to follow 
at East Lawn Palms Cemetery, with Military Honors.

Published in the Tucson Newspapers on December 7, 2009