Eugene Howard Holcomb

He was a retired ammonia production manager with Allied Chemical, Geismar, who after retirement, worked as an internationally known consultant in ammonia fertilizer production. A resident of Baton Rouge and native of Dawes, W.Va., he died of natural causes at his home at 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, at age 91. Visiting will be at Broadmoor Baptist Church on Friday, Jan. 6, from 9:30 a.m. until service at 11 a.m., conducted by Dr. Terry Ellis. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. Survived by his wife, Madge Boyd Holcomb; daughter, Martha Holcomb Thornhill and husband John; son, James Eugene Holcomb and wife Donna; grandsons, Scott D. Holcomb and wife Denise, and Jesse T. Head and special friend Rhonda Smith; granddaughters, Amy Holcomb Devine and husband Kevin, and Dana Head Crabtree and husband Joseph; and eight great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents, Howard Harmon and Carrie Ryan Holcomb; brothers, Robert Holcomb and Harold Holcomb; and an infant sister. He earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Marshall University in 1943. Memorial donations may be made to St. Joseph Hospice or Broadmoor Baptist Church. Arrangements with Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, (225) 272-9950.