UNICOI COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Colonel Henry G. "Buddy" Combs, Senior, 
				 16 Jan 1998
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Colonel Henry G. "Buddy" Combs, Senior

Colonel Henry G. "Buddy" Combs, 74, of Kissammee, Florida, died Friday,
January 16, 1998 at his residence.

Col. Combs was a native of Erwin but had lived in Florida for 15 years. He was
the son of Mamie Combs, Erwin, and the late Clint Combs. He retired from the
United States Air Force as a colonel with 41 years of service. He served in
the Korean War as a fighter pilot and flew a DC-9 Medevac Transport during the
Vietnam War. Before retirement, Col. Combs was on duty with the Air National
Guard in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Survivors, in addition to his mother, include: four daughters, Becky Renfro,
Erwin, Regina Felton, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Leonore Hopper, Woodbridge,
Virginia, and Laura Parker, Charlotte, North Carolina; three sons, Henry G.
Combs, Junior, Kissammee, Gordon Combs, Fredricksburg, Virginia, and Russell
Combs, Woodbridge, Virginia; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren;
and several nieces and nephews. Col. Combs in interred in Quinco, Virginia.