Mary Mills McCombs

Published 9:31 am Friday, February 20, 2015

Mary Mills McCombs, 81 years old, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, at Select Specialty Hospital in Jackson.

She was born and raised in Red Lick and lived in Vicksburg for the past 52 years.  She was retired from Mississippi Power & Light Company, and was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde E. “Mac” McCombs; her parents, William C. and Edith Blaylock Mills; her sister, Billie Ann Mills Reagan; and a nephew, Nicky Lindsey, whom she helped to raise like a son.

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Mary is survived by her children, Rox Ann Dowe of Vicksburg, Linda (Jim) Hewett of Columbus, Paula (Paul) Miller of Omaha, Neb., Patrick McCombs of Clinton and Tony (Deborah) McCombs of Columbus; 17 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, John Reagan of Childersburg, Ala.; and 12 nieces and nephews.

Services will be 11a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, at Glenwood Funeral Home in Vicksburg with the Rev. Kent Campbell, pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church, officiating.

Visitation will be Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service.