Background
Combs, Bert Thomas was born on August 13, 1911 in Manchester, Kentucky, United States. Son of Stephen Gibson and Martha (Jones) Combs.
Combs, Bert Thomas was born on August 13, 1911 in Manchester, Kentucky, United States. Son of Stephen Gibson and Martha (Jones) Combs.
Cumberland College; University of Kentucky (Bachelor of Laws, 1937). Order of the Coif. Judge: Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1951-1955. United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1967-1970.
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-1963. Chairman, Appalachian Governor’s Conference, 1962-1963. Visiting Professor, Political Science, University of Massachusetts, 1964.
Member, President’s General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament, 1978-1981.
City attorney City of Prestonburg, Kentucky, 1950. Commonwealth's attorney 31st Judicial District Kentucky, 1950-1951. Judge Court Appeals of Kentucky, 1951-1955.
Governor Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1959-1963. Judg United States Court Appeals (6th circuit), 1967-1970. Partner Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, from 1970.
Director Forum Group, Inc., Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Texas, Pacific Railroad Company. Board directors Kentucky Export Resources Authority. Board directors Ky Funeral Directors Burial Association, Inc.
Member Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1978-1980.
Served to captain Army of the United States, 1941-1946. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member Kentucky Council Higher Education, Order of Coif, Phi Delta Phi Lodges: Masons.
Married Mabel Hall, June 15, 1937. Children: Lois Ann Combs Weinbert, Thoms George. Married Helen C. Simons, Rechtin, August 30, 1969.
Married Sara Walter, December 1988.