CHARLES WAYNE COMBS, SR., My Uncle ❤ (My Father's Brother)
Charles Wayne Combs, Sr., 82, of Texarkana, AR, died Monday, March 18, 2019, in a local hospital. He was born January 23, 1937, in Fouke, AR, to James Monroe and Nettie Jewell Cooper Combs. He was a former director for the Boys Club of America in Texarkana before moving to Galveston, TX to be the founder of the Galveston Chapter. While there, he taught and coached in the Galveston School District. He retired as an executive director for the Boys and Girls Club of America, and became a coach and teacher for the La Marque, TX School District before retiring to Texarkana in 2000.
He enjoyed his service to the youth that he encountered, showing them a different lifestyle than they had, and literally mentored thousands of young men over the years.
He was fanatical about crappie fishing and hunting, many times taking youth on a number of excursions.
He was a Baptist and a member of the Sons of the Confederacy. He was preceded in death by his wife, JoAnn Combs.
He loved his family and is survived by one son, Charles Wayne (Chuck) Combs, Jr. of LaPorte, TX; one grandson, Christopher Wayne Combs of Cypress, TX; one granddaughter, Crystal Nicole Babin of Milton, FL; three great-grandchildren, Ayden Combs, Addison Combs, and Adley Babin; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bobby and Cynthia Wilson of Texarkana; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday, March 23, 2019, at Texarkana Funeral Home, Arkansas Chapel, with the Rev. Bill Robinson and Frank McFerrin officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Friday, March 22, 2019, at Texarkana Funeral Home, Arkansas.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517
Topeka, Kansas 66675-8517 or online at support.woundedwarriorproject.org
Uncle Wayne - I have a lifetime of fond memories of you. When I was a child, we always spent Christmas at our grandparents home in Fouke because Pappaw's birthday was Christmas Eve. I remember when you, aunt JoAnn and Chuck would come in from south Texas the whole atmosphere would change! Every year, daddy would get you and uncle Monty a box of shotgun shells for Christmas and I always got to wrap them. I didn't realize then just how lucky we all were to have all of you in our lives. We would make home-made ice cream in the front yard under the big shade tree and pitch silver dollars, I thought everyone did that! When I was about ten, there was a big nest of red wasps by Mammaw's bathroom window and I was attacked....I remember you coming to my rescue by taking the chewing tobacco out of your mouth and putting it on my arm! It really did work. You had a way of making everyone feel special. After you retired and moved back to Texarkana, you started having fish fry's at your house and we were always invited. Thanks for teaching my kids to pitch silver dollars too but, most of all thank you for loving us all unconditionally. You are as good as it gets, a man who loves his family and would do anything for them. We are so blessed to have had you in our lives. God Bless Chuck and his family, I am praying for all of you now and in the days to come.
Tammie Combs-Burton
March 18, 2019 | Texarkana, AR | Family
Charles Wayne Combs, Sr., 82, of Texarkana, AR, died Monday, March 18, 2019, in a local hospital. He was born January 23, 1937, in Fouke, AR, to James Monroe and Nettie Jewell Cooper Combs. He was a former director for the Boys Club of America in Texarkana before moving to Galveston, TX to be the founder of the Galveston Chapter. While there, he taught and coached in the Galveston School District. He retired as an executive director for the Boys and Girls Club of America, and became a coach and teacher for the La Marque, TX School District before retiring to Texarkana in 2000.
He enjoyed his service to the youth that he encountered, showing them a different lifestyle than they had, and literally mentored thousands of young men over the years.
He was fanatical about crappie fishing and hunting, many times taking youth on a number of excursions.
He was a Baptist and a member of the Sons of the Confederacy. He was preceded in death by his wife, JoAnn Combs.
He loved his family and is survived by one son, Charles Wayne (Chuck) Combs, Jr. of LaPorte, TX; one grandson, Christopher Wayne Combs of Cypress, TX; one granddaughter, Crystal Nicole Babin of Milton, FL; three great-grandchildren, Ayden Combs, Addison Combs, and Adley Babin; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bobby and Cynthia Wilson of Texarkana; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday, March 23, 2019, at Texarkana Funeral Home, Arkansas Chapel, with the Rev. Bill Robinson and Frank McFerrin officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Friday, March 22, 2019, at Texarkana Funeral Home, Arkansas.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517
Topeka, Kansas 66675-8517 or online at support.woundedwarriorproject.org
Uncle Wayne - I have a lifetime of fond memories of you. When I was a child, we always spent Christmas at our grandparents home in Fouke because Pappaw's birthday was Christmas Eve. I remember when you, aunt JoAnn and Chuck would come in from south Texas the whole atmosphere would change! Every year, daddy would get you and uncle Monty a box of shotgun shells for Christmas and I always got to wrap them. I didn't realize then just how lucky we all were to have all of you in our lives. We would make home-made ice cream in the front yard under the big shade tree and pitch silver dollars, I thought everyone did that! When I was about ten, there was a big nest of red wasps by Mammaw's bathroom window and I was attacked....I remember you coming to my rescue by taking the chewing tobacco out of your mouth and putting it on my arm! It really did work. You had a way of making everyone feel special. After you retired and moved back to Texarkana, you started having fish fry's at your house and we were always invited. Thanks for teaching my kids to pitch silver dollars too but, most of all thank you for loving us all unconditionally. You are as good as it gets, a man who loves his family and would do anything for them. We are so blessed to have had you in our lives. God Bless Chuck and his family, I am praying for all of you now and in the days to come.
Tammie Combs-Burton
March 18, 2019 | Texarkana, AR | Family
CHARLES WAYNE COMBS, SR., My Uncle ❤ (My Father's Brother)
Charles Wayne Combs, Sr., 82, of Texarkana, AR, died Monday, March 18, 2019, in a local hospital. He was born January 23, 1937, in Fouke, AR, to James Monroe and Nettie Jewell Cooper Combs. He was a former director for the Boys Club of America in Texarkana before moving to Galveston, TX to be the founder of the Galveston Chapter. While there, he taught and coached in the Galveston School District. He retired as an executive director for the Boys and Girls Club of America, and became a coach and teacher for the La Marque, TX School District before retiring to Texarkana in 2000.
He enjoyed his service to the youth that he encountered, showing them a different lifestyle than they had, and literally mentored thousands of young men over the years.
He was fanatical about crappie fishing and hunting, many times taking youth on a number of excursions.
He was a Baptist and a member of the Sons of the Confederacy. He was preceded in death by his wife, JoAnn Combs.
He loved his family and is survived by one son, Charles Wayne (Chuck) Combs, Jr. of LaPorte, TX; one grandson, Christopher Wayne Combs of Cypress, TX; one granddaughter, Crystal Nicole Babin of Milton, FL; three great-grandchildren, Ayden Combs, Addison Combs, and Adley Babin; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bobby and Cynthia Wilson of Texarkana; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday, March 23, 2019, at Texarkana Funeral Home, Arkansas Chapel, with the Rev. Bill Robinson and Frank McFerrin officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Friday, March 22, 2019, at Texarkana Funeral Home, Arkansas.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517
Topeka, Kansas 66675-8517 or online at support.woundedwarriorproject.org
Uncle Wayne - I have a lifetime of fond memories of you. When I was a child, we always spent Christmas at our grandparents home in Fouke because Pappaw's birthday was Christmas Eve. I remember when you, aunt JoAnn and Chuck would come in from south Texas the whole atmosphere would change! Every year, daddy would get you and uncle Monty a box of shotgun shells for Christmas and I always got to wrap them. I didn't realize then just how lucky we all were to have all of you in our lives. We would make home-made ice cream in the front yard under the big shade tree and pitch silver dollars, I thought everyone did that! When I was about ten, there was a big nest of red wasps by Mammaw's bathroom window and I was attacked....I remember you coming to my rescue by taking the chewing tobacco out of your mouth and putting it on my arm! It really did work. You had a way of making everyone feel special. After you retired and moved back to Texarkana, you started having fish fry's at your house and we were always invited. Thanks for teaching my kids to pitch silver dollars too but, most of all thank you for loving us all unconditionally. You are as good as it gets, a man who loves his family and would do anything for them. We are so blessed to have had you in our lives. God Bless Chuck and his family, I am praying for all of you now and in the days to come.
Tammie Combs-Burton
March 18, 2019 | Texarkana, AR | Family
Charles Wayne Combs, Sr., 82, of Texarkana, AR, died Monday, March 18, 2019, in a local hospital. He was born January 23, 1937, in Fouke, AR, to James Monroe and Nettie Jewell Cooper Combs. He was a former director for the Boys Club of America in Texarkana before moving to Galveston, TX to be the founder of the Galveston Chapter. While there, he taught and coached in the Galveston School District. He retired as an executive director for the Boys and Girls Club of America, and became a coach and teacher for the La Marque, TX School District before retiring to Texarkana in 2000.
He enjoyed his service to the youth that he encountered, showing them a different lifestyle than they had, and literally mentored thousands of young men over the years.
He was fanatical about crappie fishing and hunting, many times taking youth on a number of excursions.
He was a Baptist and a member of the Sons of the Confederacy. He was preceded in death by his wife, JoAnn Combs.
He loved his family and is survived by one son, Charles Wayne (Chuck) Combs, Jr. of LaPorte, TX; one grandson, Christopher Wayne Combs of Cypress, TX; one granddaughter, Crystal Nicole Babin of Milton, FL; three great-grandchildren, Ayden Combs, Addison Combs, and Adley Babin; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bobby and Cynthia Wilson of Texarkana; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday, March 23, 2019, at Texarkana Funeral Home, Arkansas Chapel, with the Rev. Bill Robinson and Frank McFerrin officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Friday, March 22, 2019, at Texarkana Funeral Home, Arkansas.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517
Topeka, Kansas 66675-8517 or online at support.woundedwarriorproject.org
Uncle Wayne - I have a lifetime of fond memories of you. When I was a child, we always spent Christmas at our grandparents home in Fouke because Pappaw's birthday was Christmas Eve. I remember when you, aunt JoAnn and Chuck would come in from south Texas the whole atmosphere would change! Every year, daddy would get you and uncle Monty a box of shotgun shells for Christmas and I always got to wrap them. I didn't realize then just how lucky we all were to have all of you in our lives. We would make home-made ice cream in the front yard under the big shade tree and pitch silver dollars, I thought everyone did that! When I was about ten, there was a big nest of red wasps by Mammaw's bathroom window and I was attacked....I remember you coming to my rescue by taking the chewing tobacco out of your mouth and putting it on my arm! It really did work. You had a way of making everyone feel special. After you retired and moved back to Texarkana, you started having fish fry's at your house and we were always invited. Thanks for teaching my kids to pitch silver dollars too but, most of all thank you for loving us all unconditionally. You are as good as it gets, a man who loves his family and would do anything for them. We are so blessed to have had you in our lives. God Bless Chuck and his family, I am praying for all of you now and in the days to come.
Tammie Combs-Burton
March 18, 2019 | Texarkana, AR | Family
