- Date Of Birth: January 11, 1922
- Date Of Death: February 11, 2014
- State: Maryland
George Frailey Combs, 92, of Frederick, formerly of Emmitsburg, died Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at Homewood at Crumland Farms near Frederick. Born January 11, 1922, he was the son of the late Cooley and Clara Rowe Combs. He was the husband of the late Doris Peppler Combs, to whom he was married for 60 years. Doris died March 9, 2011. George and Doris formerly lived in Alexandria, VA for more than 50 years where they were members of the Fairlington United Methodist Church.
Born and raised in Emmitsburg, Maryland, George was admitted to Mount St. Mary’s College at the age of sixteen and graduated with honors in 1942. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps that same year.
George was an attorney who spent his entire career with the United States Government Federal Trade Commission where he worked as a staff attorney and as a confidential advisor to several Commissioners. His principal work, however, was preparing the drafts of over a hundred Commission adjudicative opinions. His most significant achievement was his work on the opinion which resulted in the licensing of the patent on the antibiotic Tetracycline, saving consumers millions of dollars.
Surviving are daughter, Virginia Bruce Combs of Lutherville, MD; son, George F. ”Jeff” Combs, Jr. and wife Mary Louise of Atlanta, GA; grandchildren, Jeffrey and Gary Combs; great grandson, Sam Combs; brother-in-law, Albert Patterson “Pat” Peppler of Florida; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by brothers, Samuel and Thomas Combs.
