Background
Combs, Jo Karen Kobeck was born on April 10, 1944 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of William Horatio and Ethel Marie Kobeck.
Combs, Jo Karen Kobeck was born on April 10, 1944 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of William Horatio and Ethel Marie Kobeck.
Certified in drafting, Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College, 1974; certified in engineering graphics, U. Tennessee, 1975; certified in drafting, Mountain Empire Community College, 1980.
Advertising assistant, Rogers, Inc., Florence, Alabama, 1966-1967; drafter, Litton Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi, 1972-1974; drafter, artist, Cities Svc. Company, Copperhill, Tennessee, 1974-1978; design drafter, Westmoreland Coal Company, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 1978-1988; design drafter, neon designer and illustrator, Designs by Jo, East Stone Gap, Virginia, since 1983.
Member Copper Basin Redevelopment Design Council, 1975-1977. Lecturer Take off Pounds Sensibly, Appalachia, Virginia, 1985-1987, 93-94. Active Friends of Library., Big Stone Gap, 1988.
Board directors H.E.L.P. Center, Big Stone Gap, 1988;president Virginia F.C.E., 1991-1992. Election officer District 3, Wise County, 1996, 97. Member Christian Church.
Married J.R. Benson, May 10, 1963 (divorced May 1974). Children: Pamela Jo Benson Robinson, Anita Marie Benson Bosaw. Married Johnny Ray Lothar Combs, March 9, 1980.