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McComas died on November 3, 2009, in Waverly, Virginia. [2] Although some reports claim she died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, there are some friends or acquaintances that have claimed there was foul play involved in her death; [6] suspicion lies with McComas husband, Doug Taylor, whom Lorissa had filed for divorce in 2006 and moved away from, relocating from Melbourne (Florida) to ...
Born and raised in Illinois until age 16; funeral held in Illinois, but interred in Massachusetts. [1] David Abidor (born 1992), soccer player; Margaret Abbott (1878–1955), first modern-era Olympic United States female champion. Lived during her teens and learned her Olympic sport of golf in Illinois. [2]
The eldest son born to Judge William McComas and his wife Mildred in 1822, he received an education appropriate to his class. His brothers included William Wirt McComas (who fought with the Giles Artillery of the Confederate States Army), Judge Hamilton Calhoun McComas (who enlisted as a Lt. Col. for the Union in Illinois but resigned on February 6, 1863 and later served two terms as a judge ...
McComas is a surname. Comas is the reduced version of the surname which is the plural form of the Catalan word como originating from the Gaulish cumba meaning valley . [ 1 ] Notable people with the surname include:
Henry Clay McComas (December 21, 1875 – December 1958) was an American psychologist and skeptic. McComas was born December 21, 1875, in Baltimore . He achieved his bachelor's degree at Johns Hopkins in 1897, his Masters at Columbia in 1898 and his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1910. [ 1 ]
George William McComas (1841 – October 4, 1928) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates , representing Harford County , from 1902 to 1905.
James Douglas McComas (December 23, 1928 – February 10, 1994) was 14th President of Mississippi State University from 1975-1985, the 12th President of the University of Toledo from 1985 to 1988, and the 13th President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, from 1988 to 1993.
McComas is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. McComas is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Matoaka . An early variant name was Mora.