Mr. Coy Marshall Holcomb, Sr, age 90, of Ball Ground, died, Monday, March 1, 2010. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Sharp Mountain Baptist Church with Rev. Alan Day, Rev. Horace Richards and Rev. Greg Hamilton officiating. Interment will follow in the Georgia National Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. at Sosebee Funeral Home. He was born April 16, 1919 in Ball Ground to Earby Wyatt and Flossie Ridings Holcomb. Coy was the eldest of seven children. He graduated from Canton High School in 1936. Coy served in World War II as Army Sergeant, Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion 594th Engineer Boat & Shore Regiment, Pacific Theater through January 1, 1946, where he received decorations and citations. He was a long time icon of the Ball Ground community where he worked in the post office as clerk then was promoted to postmaster and retired with 42 years of civil service, after retirement, he worked at Advance Security of Georgia Marble Company for 17 years. He was a member of Conns Creek Baptist Church. Coy enjoyed bird watching and showing bantam chickens. He was an avid reader. He was preceded in death by his infant sons, Rhett and Jeremy Holcomb. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Ernestine Caylor Holcomb; children, Cheryl Hancock of Canton, Melody (Rev. Alan) Day of Ball Ground, Coy Marshall, Jr. (Hilda Grace) Holcomb of Free Home, Yvette (Dr. Bob) Eddy of Macedonia, Wyatt (Michelle) Holcomb of Ball Ground, Eric (Tracey) Holcomb of Ball Ground, April (Jay) Hamby of Hickory Flat, Holly (Tim) Trammell of Woodstock, Edie (Karl) Koller of Ball Ground, and Ashley (Jenny) Holcomb of Ball Ground; sister, Hazel Wyatt of Atlanta; grandchildren, Whitney and Andrew Hancock, Brett Day, Rhett (Gail) Day, Emily and Kyle Holcomb, Aaron and Grant Eddy, Emma, Elise and Ellie Holcomb, Hayden, Bryan and Lilly Holcomb, Chandler and Chase Hamby, Ashton Henson, Mason and Karli Koller, Ridings, Justice, Bowen, Carsten and Bella Jane Holcomb. Sosebee Funeral Home, Canton, GA, honored to serve the family. 770-479-2131. www.sosebeefuneralhome.com