TUCSON, Ariz. – Sallie Kay Powell Coombs, 83, passed away peacefully with family by her side on April 15, 2022, in Tucson, Ariz., after a brief illness.

Kay grew up in Colonial Heights, Va., graduating from Petersburg High School in 1956. She went on to the Pan American Business School and subsequently served as an administrative assistant for the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. It was in Washington, D.C. where she met and married her husband of 54 years, Alfred Coombs, Jr, of Skowhegan, Maine. They eventually ended up back in Skowhegan, where Kay was an executive assistant for several local businesses, as well as a community leader and philanthropist.

After raising their three children, Kay and Al retired to southern Arizona, where she played golf and bridge, ultimately earning a Bronze Life Master achievement.

Kay was predeceased by Alfred, Jr. She is survived by her children Alfred III of Hull, Mass., Gregory and his wife Crystal of Steep Falls, and Chandra and her husband Jake of Leesburg, Va.; as well as her granddaughters, Chelsea, Kaylei, and Jillian.

In lieu of flowers,

donations in Kay’s name can be made to the:

Animal League of

Green Valley (Arizona)

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