Clyde Combs, Jr.

Clyde Combs, Jr. was born September 13, 1929 in a farmhouse in Oak Ridge, North Carolina that had no plumbing, electricity or water, the spring they got water from was about a ¼ mile from the house. He died in his home in Satellite Beach, Florida on March 1, 2023, this would not have been possible without tender loving care from wonderful caregivers.

Clyde was always interested in science, but his elementary and secondary education did not have science classes. His interest in science was triggered by observing his surroundings and the fact that people of wealth had a better life with technology.

After Graduating from High School, he went to visit his Great Uncle Frank Jones, in the Dallas Texas area, who helped him get a job in Odessa Texas with an oilfield supply company and after a time went to work for the same company in Monahans Texas where he met his first wife Virginia Faye Kizer Combs.

During the Korean war rather than being drafted into the Marines he joined the Air Force. While assigned to West Palm Beach Florida their son Gary Donald Combs was born on February 27, 1954.

After his discharge from the Air Force, he applied to Southern Methodist University but to get accepted he had to take supplementary classes for physics and chemistry. He graduated with a Degree in Electrical Engineering in May of 1960. During his early college years, he worked on his Great Uncle’s Ranch near Rome, Texas as a cowboy, he worked many jobs during his college days to keep food on the table for his family. He was accepted into a coop program and was assigned to work for Texas Instruments in Dallas Texas, his job was to test semiconductors. He worked in that field until he retired with Harris Corporation. He had patents with each company he worked for and some that he filed himself. He took classes throughout his career at various colleges and obtained an MBA degree as well.

Clyde met his second wife through a good friend of Faye’s, and married Fannie Lou Combs on March 4, 1995. He was welcomed into her family and loved her children as his own.

Clyde was preceded in death by: his parents Clyde and Norah Combs, two beautiful wives Virginia Faye Kizer Combs and Fannie Lou Amerson Combs, son and daughter-in-law Gary & Brenda Combs, brother Horace Combs, and many other close relatives and friends.

The family left here on this earth to mourn: siblings F. D. Combs, Betty Jo & Ray Michaels, Mary Rose Siler, & Tommy & Linda Combs, Brenda Combs widow of Horace Combs. Step-children Glenn & Melissa Amerson, Teresa & Fred Spogen, and Andy & Rheta Amerson. Grandchildren, Matt & Julie Combs, Marsh & Leann Combs, Brian & Jana Amerson, Amanda & Byron Cutrer, Audrey & Faith Amerson, Elizabeth & Mike Filippo, and Richard & Christina Cherry. Nieces, Cheryl & Nick Schmitz, Misty & Don Kimbrough, Nephews, Randy & Rene Mooring, and Ronny & Theresa Mooring, with a total of 19 nieces and nephews that he loved dearly. He had 13 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren.

A visitation for Clyde will be held Saturday, March 18, 2023 from 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM at Indialantic Baptist Church, 170 Washington Avenue, Indialantic, Florida, followed by a funeral service at 2:00 PM.

Clyde will be laid to rest in Florida Memorial Gardens, 5950 South US Highway 1, Rockledge, Florida.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.FloridaMemorialFH-Gardens.com for the Combs, family.