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Joel Asbury Combs

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Joel Asbury Combs

Birth
Macon County, Illinois, USA
Death
1 Jun 1925 (aged 61)
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Findlay, Shelby County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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s/o Jabez J. & Sarah A. Whitaker Combs -- married Anna M. Henninges on December 29, 1906 at Decautr, IL.

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Decatur Herald 6/3/1925

SHELBYVILLE,June 3--Joe Asbery Combs, prominent lumber dealer of Findlay, passed away at the Shelby County Memorial hospital at 1:25, Monday night after a brief illness. He had been in poor health for a short time but became critically ill last Thursday and was brought to the Shelbyville hospital. The body was removed to Lantz Bros. undertaking parlors and prepared for burial and later removed to the home in Findlay.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Findlay Methodist church at 2:00 oclock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be in the Findlay cemetery.
Mr. Combs had been engaged in the lumber business in Findlay for 24 years. He was manager of the Paddock Lumber co. there. He was a prominent Mason and a member of the Findlay Methodist church.
Joseph Asbury Combs was born in Macon on April 25, 1864, a son of Jabez and Sarah Whitaker Combs. He was married to Emma Hennings, who with two sons and one daughter, survives. The children are Lawrence Combs, who graduated from the Findlay high school this year, Wade and Helen Combs at home. Besides a brother E.S.Combs at Findlay, he leaves a brother in Decatur, one in California and two sisters residing in Macon.

Obituary furnished by Janet Donner


Illinois Death Certificate


Name: Joe Asbury Combs
Birth Date: 25 Apr 1864
Birth Place: Macon County, Illinois
Death Date: 1 Jun 1925
Death Place: Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois
Burial Date: 3 Jun 1925
Burial Place: Findlay
Death Age: 61
Occupation: Lumber Dealer
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Findlay, Ill.
Father Name: Jabez Combs
Father Birth Place: N. Carolina
Mother Name: Sarah Whitaker
Mother Birth Place: N. Caroline
FHL Film Number: 1503936
By Janet Donner
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s/o Jabez J. & Sarah A. Whitaker Combs -- married Anna M. Henninges on December 29, 1906 at Decautr, IL.

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Decatur Herald 6/3/1925

SHELBYVILLE,June 3--Joe Asbery Combs, prominent lumber dealer of Findlay, passed away at the Shelby County Memorial hospital at 1:25, Monday night after a brief illness. He had been in poor health for a short time but became critically ill last Thursday and was brought to the Shelbyville hospital. The body was removed to Lantz Bros. undertaking parlors and prepared for burial and later removed to the home in Findlay.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Findlay Methodist church at 2:00 oclock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be in the Findlay cemetery.
Mr. Combs had been engaged in the lumber business in Findlay for 24 years. He was manager of the Paddock Lumber co. there. He was a prominent Mason and a member of the Findlay Methodist church.
Joseph Asbury Combs was born in Macon on April 25, 1864, a son of Jabez and Sarah Whitaker Combs. He was married to Emma Hennings, who with two sons and one daughter, survives. The children are Lawrence Combs, who graduated from the Findlay high school this year, Wade and Helen Combs at home. Besides a brother E.S.Combs at Findlay, he leaves a brother in Decatur, one in California and two sisters residing in Macon.

Obituary furnished by Janet Donner


Illinois Death Certificate


Name: Joe Asbury Combs
Birth Date: 25 Apr 1864
Birth Place: Macon County, Illinois
Death Date: 1 Jun 1925
Death Place: Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois
Burial Date: 3 Jun 1925
Burial Place: Findlay
Death Age: 61
Occupation: Lumber Dealer
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Findlay, Ill.
Father Name: Jabez Combs
Father Birth Place: N. Carolina
Mother Name: Sarah Whitaker
Mother Birth Place: N. Caroline
FHL Film Number: 1503936
By Janet Donner
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