Uncle Ira. The Ira Combs Memorial Church-Little Zion Church, built in 1909 on land settled in 1790 by Mason Combs. Ira, a grandson, was Civil War veteran. Born 1844. In 1874 began preaching. For 60 years, without pay, he ministered to the Old Regular Baptists in Pine Mt. section. Died in 1934, buried on old homestead. Church dedicated in his honor on Easter Sunday, 1952.