Eva Layne Reaves Coombs
December 22, 1933 - June 8, 2019
Ripley, MS - Eva Layne Reaves Coombs, 85, passed away June 8, 2019, at Diversicare Nursing Home in Ripley, MS. She was born on December 22, 1933, to Roy W. and Georgia Wages Reaves in New Albany, MS. She was Valedictorian of her class at Macedonia High School, a homemaker and a member of Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services will be Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at 3:00 PM in McBride Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Richie Lockhart officiating. Burial will follow in Tippah Memorial Gardens in Ripley, MS. Visitation will be Tuesday, June 11, 2019, from 1:00 PM until service time at 3:00 PM at McBride Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 480 CR 401, Falkner, MS 38629. Layne is survived by two sons: Tim Coombs (Debbie) of New Albany, MS, Mark Coombs (Jackie) of Corinth, MS; four grandchildren: Amy Hertzog (Scott) of White Bluff, TN, Julie Brooks (Chris) of Ripley, MS, John Coombs, Jr (Kristin) of Maryville, TN, Taylor Coombs of Corinth, MS; seven great-grandchildren: Lillian and Jacob Hertzog, Ezekiel and Fiona Brooks, Kaitlyn, J., and Ezra Coombs; two sister-in-laws: Billie Ruth Carter , Panama, FL, Verna Reaves of New Albany, MS. She was preceded in death by her husband: J. W. Coombs; her parents; one brother: James Roy Reaves; two sisters: Bobbie Wells and Jean Brownlee. Expressions of sympathy for the Coombs family may be sent to www.mcbridefuneralhome.com
Ripley, MS - Eva Layne Reaves Coombs, 85, passed away June 8, 2019, at Diversicare Nursing Home in Ripley, MS. She was born on December 22, 1933, to Roy W. and Georgia Wages Reaves in New Albany, MS. She was Valedictorian of her class at... View Obituary & Service Information