Deceased Name: COMBES , LAURA
COMBES, LAURA, 35, of Odessa, died Wednesday (Oct. 4, 1989). She was born in New York City and came here in 1965. She was the first American women's bodybuilding champion in 1980 and was a finalist in the World Professional Bodybuilding Championship in 1981. She held the Miss Tampa and Northwest Florida bodybuilding titles. She was a graduate of the University of South Florida, where she as a captain of the women's rugby team. She was a graduate of Adirondack Southern Academy. Survi vors include two sisters, Leigh Combes Phillips, Jackson Heights, N.Y., and Gail Combes Allen, Tobyhanna, Pa.; and two brothers, Jeffrey Burleigh Combes, Long Beach, N.Y., and Steven Burleigh Combes, St. Augustine. Duval Funeral Home, Northside Chapel, Tampa.
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
Deceased Name: COMBES , LAURA
COMBES, LAURA, 35, of Odessa, died Wednesday (Oct. 4, 1989). She was born in New York City and came here in 1965. She was the first American women's bodybuilding champion in 1980 and was a finalist in the World Professional Bodybuilding Championship in 1981. She held the Miss Tampa and Northwest Florida bodybuilding titles. She was a graduate of the University of South Florida, where she as a captain of the women's rugby team. She was a graduate of Adirondack Southern Academy. Survi vors include two sisters, Leigh Combes Phillips, Jackson Heights, N.Y., and Gail Combes Allen, Tobyhanna, Pa.; and two brothers, Jeffrey Burleigh Combes, Long Beach, N.Y., and Steven Burleigh Combes, St. Augustine. Duval Funeral Home, Northside Chapel, Tampa.
St. Petersburg Times (FL)