Obituaries: Jessie Johnson Couch, 1960, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 21, 1960 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. Harvey Couch, Former Resident Of Winnfield, Dies

Mrs. Jessie Johnson Couch, 80, widow of Harvey C. Couch, widely known railroad
official and industrialist, died at 5 a.m. Monday in a Pine Bluff, Ark.,
hospital as the result of a heart attack.

Mrs. Couch was the mother of Kirke Couch, president of Couch Motor Lines of
Shreveport.

Other survivors include two sons, Harvey C. Mr., president of the Union
National Bank, Little Rock, and William T. Couch, head of Couch Marine, Inc.,
Hot Springs; a daughter, Mrs. Pratt C. Remmel, Little Rock; a niece, Mrs.
Ralph Goff, Shreveport, 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Lakeside Methodist
Church in Pine Bluff with burial in the Magnolia Cemetery at Magnolia.

Mr. and Mrs. Couch were residents of Winnfield many years ago.  Mr. Couch
established the first telephone exchange in Winnfield.