Ouachita-Franklin County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....HOLCOMB, SAMMY L. June 6, 2009
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News Star World - June 8, 2009
SAMMY L. "ROOK" HOLCOMB
Gill First National Funeral Home, Winsboro, LA

Funeral service for Sammy L. "Rook" Holcomb, 72 of Gilbert will be Tuesday, 
June 9, 2009 in the chapel of Gill First National Funeral Home in Winnsboro 
with Rev. Curtis Harris and Rev. Virgil Harris officiating. Interment will 
follow in Oakley Cemetery in Gilbert. Visitation will be Monday from 4:00 PM 
until 9:00 PM at the funeral home.

He was born to Clyde Dewey and Eva Camille Shields Holcomb on April 5, 1937 and 
passed from this life Saturday, June 6, 2009 in Franklin Medical Center in 
Winnsboro following a brief illness.

Mr. Holcomb worked as a Pipeline Superintendent for many years and owned 
Holcomb Flying Service.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Charles B. Holcomb and a son 
Sammy Lee Holcomb, Jr.

He is survived by his wife, Anne Holcomb of Gilbert; daughter, Lee-Anne Holcomb 
of Lake Charles; son, Ryan Holcomb of Gilbert; brother Bill Holcomb and wife 
Faye of Gilbert; sister Margaret Murphy of Gilbert; numerous nieces and 
nephews; and two "four-legged children" Cissy and Bo.

Pallbearers will be Jewel Armstrong, Ty Britt, Derrick Guillot, James Lachney, 
Jimmy Dale Robbins, and Robert Wayne Sanders.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dave Jones, Charles W. Holcomb, Ted Holder, Ed 
Rodgers, D. D. Smith, Jerry Talley, and Sherman Wilson.

The family requests that planned memorials may be made to the Ouachita Parish 
Humane Society - P.O. Box 15311 - Monroe, LA 71207-5311, or to Franklin Parish 
Library for a book in Mr. Holcomb's memory.



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