| Robert Samuel
'Bobby' Holcomb Obituary |
| A service for former Paris resi- dent Robert Samuel Holcomb of Baton Rouge, La., was conducted Saturday at Rabenhorst Funeral Home in Baton Rouge. Burial followed in Resthaven Gar- dens of Memory in Baton Rouge. Holcomb, 70, died unexpectedly at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, at his residence. Locally, he leaves two sisters: Carol Evans and Joyce Crutcher, both of Paris. Born Oct. 24, 1933, in St. Louis, he was a son of R.C. "Clyde" Hol- comb and Ethel Holcomb, both deceased. His wife, the former Ann Vaughn, |
also preceded him in death. Holcomb moved from Paris to Baton Rouge in the early 1960s, where he worked for Uniroyal Chemical for 33 years until retiring in 1995. A U.S. Army veteran, he served as a sergeant in the Korean War. He also was a member of Paris Masonic Lodge 108. He also leaves four daughters: Cathy Kleinpeter, Lynn McCain, Nancy Sonier and Mary Beth Malo- ne, all of Baton Rouge; One brother: Donald Holcomb of Houston; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis 38101-9929. |
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