Lurline Combs

Seminole…. Graveside services for Lurline Combs will be held at 1:00 PM on Tuesday January 13, 2026, 

at 1:00 pm in the Gaines County Cemetery with Rev. Joe Stewart officiating under the direction

of Ratliff Funeral Home of Seminole. She passed away in LaVernia, Texas on January 9, 2026.

Lurline was born on February 27, 1946, in El Dorado, Arkansas to Earl E. and Cora (Sparks) Rhodes.

She and Dewey Combs were married in Seminole on June 20, 1979. Lurline was employed with several

companies in Seminole before joining the Seminole ISD Cafeteria staff and remained until her

retirement as the cafeteria manager in 2005.

She was preceded in death by her husband Dewey on August 8, 2018, also two brothers Earl Rhodes Jr.

and Earnest Rhodes.

Lurline is survived by her son Rupert Combs; two brothers Billy Rhodes and his wife Janet and

James Rhodes and his wife Maria; her twin sister Earline Kimbrough; a grandson Dawson Combs

along with several nieces and nephews.

Family will receive friends at Ratliff Funeral Home on Monday, January 12, 2026, at 5:00 P.M – 8:00 P.M.