Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Alber Russell "Buck" Couch Submitted by: Wanda Purcell wpurc25758@aol.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Funeral services for Albert Russell "Buck" Couch were held thursday, August 4, 1988 at 2:00 p.m. from the Fatheree-Albert Chapel, with Bob Greene officiating. Mr. Couch died August 1, 1988 at the Sayre Memorial Hospital. He was born May 29, 1910 in Trinchera, Colorado to Joseph Franklin and Mary Olive Fisk Couch. On May 1, 1937 in Erick, Oklahoma he was married to Ina Jewel Kelley. Following their marriage, they lived in Dumas, TX, returning to Erick in 1971. He was a rancher most of his life. Survivors include one daughter, Billy Jo Vigus of Erick, Oklahoma; three sons, Benny Lee Couch of Amarillo, Texas, Hughy Dee Couch of Rockport, Texas and Jackie Lynn Couch of Dumas, Texas; one sister, Daisy Edwards of Tacoma, Washington; one brother, Jack Couch of Colorado Springs, Colorado; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Casket bearers were Ray Hughes, Kenneth Reed, Randy Allen, Jodie Allen, Bill Harmon and Judge Owens. Interment was in the White Rose Cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the driection of Fatheree-Albert Funeral Home of Erick.