Wanda Combs (then Goad) checks out the remnants of a still that was blown up in 1981.
Jimmy Howery
At a retirement party in her honor last week, Wanda Combs was presented with a framed painting of Floyd by Mayor Will Griffin, Town Manager Kayla Cox, and Town Clerk Katie Holfield, on behalf of the town. The artist was past Floyd resident Emily Williamson.
Abby Combs
As a reporter in 1981, Wanda Combs (then Goad) covered a story on a distillery that the Sheriff’s Office, ABC agents and State Police destroyed with dynamite.
Most Floyd Countians know Wanda Combs as a long-time reporter and the editor of The Floyd Press. Less know her as a trained pianist and educator. As Combs reviews her 40+ years at the paper and looks ahead to her June 1st retirement, she is reminded how blessed she has been to do what she loves most. “Music and journalism. I’ve been able to follow those two loves my entire life,” she said on a recent workday morning at the newspaper’s office building.
At a retirement party in her honor last week, Wanda Combs was presented with a framed painting of Floyd by Mayor Will Griffin, Town Manager Kayla Cox, and Town Clerk Katie Holfield, on behalf of the town. The artist was past Floyd resident Emily Williamson.
As a reporter in 1981, Wanda Combs (then Goad) covered a story on a distillery that the Sheriff’s Office, ABC agents and State Police destroyed with dynamite.
