Eddy Co. NM - OBITS:  Dosky "Granny" Couch

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Submitted by:  patti pennington <patti_p_99@yahoo.com>
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The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - January 26, 2000

COUCH
A private family memorial is pending for Dosky "Granny" Couch of
2314 W. Main in Artesia.  Couch, 89, died on January 25 at the
Artesia Good Samaritan Center in Artesia.  Cremation is under the
direction of Terpening & Son Mortuary.  She was born on January 26, 1910,
in Nubbin Hill, Ark., to General McCutcheon and Mary (Barnes)
McCutcheon.  She married Chester Guy Couch on October 9, 1927, in
Copland, Arkansas.  He preceded her in death on January 17, 1982.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church and Order of
Eastern Star.  They came to Artesia in 1951 from Clinton, Arkansas.
She is survived by daughters Vada Smith of Roswell, NM and Clara
Wright of Fairbanks, Alaska; brothers Woodrow McCutcheon of
Oklahoma and Peck McCutcheon of California; 10 grandchildren;
17 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.  She
was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; daughter Verva
Godfrey; a son; and nine brothers and sisters.