THE OBITUARY FOR MR. COOLIE COMBS OFFICIATING MINISTERS: DONALD BLAIR & KENDELL COMBS MR. COOLIE COMBS BORN FEBRUARY 9, 1927 DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON APRIL 18, 2008 AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS OLD. HE WAS BORN IN PERRY COUNTY, KENTUCKY THE SON OF THE LATE WADE COMBS AND THE LATE LACRETA CAMPBELL COMBS. BY OCCUPATION HE WORKED IN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND WAS SELF-EMPLOYED. MR. COOLIE COMBS WAS A UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II. SOME OF HIS FONDEST ENJOYMENTS INCLUDED SMOKING HIS PIPE. NHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS: WADE & LACRETA COMBS; WIFE: CORA COMBS; THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE LEAVES SURVIVING THE FOLLOWING RELATIVES: TWO SONS: COOLIE LANE COMBS OF RICHMOND, KY. ALAN LIN COMBS OF RICHMOND, KY. FIVE BROTHERS: ADRIAN COMBS OF HAZARD, KY. GRAND COMBS OF OHIO MARK COMBS OF SOMERSET, KY. WADE COMBS, JR. OF HAZARD, KY. KENDELL COMBS OF HAZARD, KY. TWO SISTERS: STELL ENGLE OF OHIO LISA COMBS OF ROWDY, KY. ALSO SURVIVED BY FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. COOLIE COMBS WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. MONDAY - APRIL 21, 2008 AT THE ENGLE-WALKER FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL AT 301 E. MAIN ST. , HAZARD, KY. WITH DONALD BLAIR AND KENDELL COMBS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN THE BILL SMITH CEMETERY AT ARY, KY. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FROM 6-9 P.M. SUNDAY - APRIL 20, 2008 AT THE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL.