Charles O. Combs Service: Friday, June 3, 10:30 AM at Sabina Church of Christ Visitation: Thursday, June 2, 5:00 - 8:00 PM at the church Charles O. Combs, 82, Sabina died on Monday, May 30, 2011 at his residence. Charlie was born on June 30, 1928 in Mt. Washington, Ohio the son of the late Charles S. and Hazel Mette Combs. He graduated from Sabina High School in 1946 and later served in the Army 3rd Armor Division. On June 23, 1951, he married Esther Yarger Combs. He retired as a machinist from Dayton Progress in West Carrollton. He was also a longtime representative to Butler Springs Christian Assembly, longtime member and elder of the Sabina Church of Christ, member of the Community Christian Men's Group, the Clinton County Country Squares Dance Club and the Sabina Senior Citizens. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children, Susan (Chris) Thompson of Sabina, Jim (Julie) Combs of Sabina, Michael (Cathy) Combs of Waynesville and Brian (Hope) Combs of Waynesville; grandchildren, Jill, Matthew and Jenna Thompson, Chelsea, Christie and Charity Combs, Heath (Lindsay), Anthony and Adam Keaton, and Erin and Bradley Clifton; great grandchildren, Gavin, Brooklyn and Mitchell Keaton; and his brother, Eugene (Marilyn) Combs of Waynesville. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Carmen Combs. The funeral service will be held on Friday at 10:30 AM at the Sabina Church of Christ with burial in the Sabina Cemetery. Friends may call on Thursday from 5 until 8 PM at the church. Contributions may be made to Lifeline, Peanut Butter Fund for Haiti or the building fund of Sabina Church of Christ, all in care of Sabina Church of Christ. Littleton Funeral Home is serving the family. Below is the obit of Charles Orion Combs' father, Charles Sewell Combs Carter Wolfe County News, Week of Feb. 1948 CHARLES S. COMBS DIED IN OHIO Charles Sewell Combs died Saturday the 17th of January at Dayton, O. He was buried at Sabina, O., the following Tuesday, where he had made his home for the past three years. He had spent the past twenty-five years in Hamilton and Clinton counties since moving from Wolfe County. He was born at Jackson, Breathitt County, March 14, 1896, the second son of Benjamin Matthew and Melissa Hollon Combs. He is survived by his widow, Hazel Mette Combs, and two sons, Charles O., and Eugene S., and one brother, H.K. Combs, of Irvine, Ky. He was a veteran of World War I and an elder in Christ Church of Sabina, O., He was a student at Hazel Green Academy from 1912 to 1917. He also was in the Masonic Home in Louisville from January 1902 to June 1910. Carole