Barney Jackson Holcomb

Funeral Services will be held 2:00p.m., February 13, at Connally Compton Funeral Directors Chapel with Pastor Pat Cummings officiating. The Burial will follow at Valley Mills Cemetery at 4:00 p.m.

A visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral service at Connally Compton Funeral Directors.

Barney was born June 29, 1920 to John Barney and Melissa Maud (Shannon) Holcomb in McGregor, Texas. Barney served in the Army Air Corp from 1941 to 1945 and traveled to several countries including South Africa and Italy during WW II. He worked for General Tire & Rubber Co. for over 30 years and retired in the 1980’s. Barney was a talented small engine mechanic and worked on hundreds of lawnmowers for the people of Waco. Barney loved the Lord and was a long time member of the First Baptist Church of Valley Mills where he was baptized. He loved to play the guitar and sang with several bands and family. Barney had a big influence on his beloved nephews and was a kind person. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him.

He is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Pauline; and sons, Ronald and Donald Holcomb

Survivors include a host of nieces and nephews that loved him very much.

Arrangements under the direction of Connally-Compton Funeral Directors, Waco, TX.