Theresa Ruth "Sissy Girl" Combs

Services: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 10:00 AM in Holy Face Catholic Church, Great Mills, MD with Fr. Joseph Sileo officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery. Visitation: Viewing/Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 from 8:30 - 9:30 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home. Theresa Ruth “Sissy Girl” Combs, 81, of Great Mills, MD died April 19, 2008 in St. Mary’s Nursing Center. Born October 21, 1926 in Great Mills, MD she was the daughter of the late Thomas Leonard and Martha Mary Combs, Sr. She is survived by 1 sister Veronica M. Johnson of Great Mills, MD and a host of nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by her siblings: Noemi Evans, Agatha Wildoner, Thomas L. Combs, Jr. and John A. Combs. Ms. Combs loved cats, making jewelry, doing puzzles and painting, drinking Coke, eating Little Debbie snacks, listening to Elvis and hoola dancing. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 from 8:30 – 9:30 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial being celebrated at 10:00 AM in Holy Face Catholic Church, Great Mills, MD with Fr. Joseph Sileo officiating. Interment will take place in the Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Anthony L. Hall, Wayne Johnson, Anthony L. Hall, Jr. and Gregory Hall. Honorary Pallbearers will be Benjamin Johnson, Jr., Shawn Cronan, Russell Middleton, Danieal, James and Austin Smelcer. Contributions may be made to Bay District Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 1440, California, MD 20619, Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 299, Leonardtown, MD 20650 and/or Special Olympics, 25926 Whiskey Creek Road, Hollywood, MD 20636.