Sydney Sayre Combs

LEXINGTON COMBS, SYDNEY SAYRE, 87, died Tuesday, October 12, 2004, in Lexington. He was a retired self-employed realtor and broker. A native of Lexington, he was born April 1, 1917, a son of the late Lucas Brodhead and Mary Sayre Williams Combs. He graduated from Woodberry Forest School in Orange, VA, in 1936, and went on to Princeton University, where he graduated in 1940, was a member of the Charter Club and captain of the polo team. Mr. Combs served his country during World War II in the 1st Armored Division, US Army, in the North Africa campaign, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross Medal. Mr. Combs was wounded and returned to the United States. He served in the Army from 1941-1945 and retired with the rank of major. He was a founding member of Idle Hour Country Club and a former member of the Iroquois Hunt Club in Lexington. He revived and was a member of the Kentucky Society of the Preservation of Useful Knowledge, which was founded in Lexington in 1787. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Lexington and the Naples Yacht Club and the Hole in the Wall Golf Club, both of Naples, FL, and a past president and member the Princeton Club of Southwest Florida, also in Naples. He was also an avid golfer and fisherman. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Violet Milton Price Combs, who was the twin to his daughter, Mary. He is survived by his wife, Ann Haldeman Price Combs; two sons and a daughter, Christopher S. Combs of Glenview, KY, Sydney Sayre Combs Jr. (Susan Hoffman) and Mary Williams Brownell Combs Winans (Aaron C.); and three grandchildren, Sayre Price Combs, Miller Archer Combs and Ann Sydney Sayre Combs, all of Lexington. Graveside services were held Saturday, October 16, 2004, at the Lexington Cemetery. Memorial gifts may be made to the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation, 253 Market Street, Lexington, KY 40507 or to Sayre School, 194 N. Limestone, Lexington, KY 40507. www.milwardfuneral.com