Charity Jewell (Combs) Lindon, 76, of Hazard, died Monday, June 20, 2005 in Lexington. She was the daughter of the late Simon and Janie Combs. Charity was a dedicated member of Consolidated Baptist Church in Hazard, KY, where she served as President of the Missions Ministry; she was also a soloist in the choir. Charity along with her sister in law Florence Combs directed the youth and children’s choir. And for many years she served as the financial secretary for the church. Charity was loved in the community for her outreach and served on the Hazard Housing Board and on the Kentucky Human Rights Commission in Frankfort, KY.


Charity was preceded in death by her beloved husband Edward Lindon; parents, Simon and Janie B. Combs; sisters: Winnie, Christine, Edythe,Evelyn and Elizabeth; brothers: John, James and Simon.

She is survived by a brother Lionell L. Combs Sr. ; 5 daughters, Gloria and Carl Cain, Mary Alice and Harold Givens, Vivian Clemons, Sharon Lindon, Lutricia "Tish" and Floyd Beatty; 4 sons, James "Jim" Rose and Barbara Lindon, Freddy Lindon, William "Plustie" and Debbie Lindon, Bruce and Marietta Lindon; 1 brother, Lionel Combs; sister-in-law, Florence Combs; special friends, Louvenia Blanton and Ouetta Basey; 22 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, host of nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral was held Thursday, June 23, 2005 at the Consolidated Baptist Church with Harold Givens and Earl Ragland Jr. officiating, burial in the Lick Branch Cemetery in Town Mountain.

Maggard Brothers Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
* Charity Combs Lindon & Edward Lindon
* Freddy Lindon, Jr.Grandson
*Charles Ray Lindon
* James Rose Lindon-son
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