Ella Mae "Babe" Combs

Ella Mae “Babe” Combs, age 83, of 903 N. Shady, Hwy 421, Mountain City, TN went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 14, 2009 at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Michael and Mary Combs Tedesco of Cochranville, PA. She was a native of Johnson County and lived in Chester County, West Grove, PA many years before retiring to Tennessee. She belonged to the Avondale Church of Christ. She was an excellent seamstress, quilter, and painter, a beloved mother, wife, grandmother and great grandmother. She was an active member of the March of Dimes, proactive in Project Headstart in 1967 as well as the Crippled Children’s School of West Chester, PA. She was the daughter of the late Arthur R. Reece and Amanda Jane Mains Reece. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Paul W. Combs, Sr., who passed away in 1998. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Paul Combs, Jr., who passed away in 2004

 

Survivors include: two sons: Bobby R. Combs and wife Gail, Oxford, PA and J. Gary Combs and wife Marsha of Kennett Square, Pa; two daughters: Mary Tedesco and husband Michael of Cochranville, PA and C. Jane Dougherty of Oxford, PA; one brother, Dolphus Reece; special niece, Shirley Lipford Hedges, of Mountain City, TN; 19 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

 

Funeral services for Ms. Ella Mae “Babe” Combs will be conducted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. from the Charles B. Hux Memorial Chapel of Hux-Lipford Funeral Home with Mr. Dean Gouge and Mr. Mike Taylor officiating. Graveside service and interment will follow in Phillippi Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at Charles B. Hux Memorial Chapel.

 

For those who wish, in lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Avondale Church of Christ, P.O. Box 421, Avondale, PA 19311.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Jolene, Becky, Jennifer and Dorothy of hospice.

 

Online condolences may be sent to the family and viewed through our website at www.hux-lipford.com

 

Arrangements for the Combs family are in the care of Hux-Lipford Funeral Home.