Couch Cemetery

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Submitted by Martha Couch

Take Hwy 28 out of Booneville, towards Buckhorn. Take a right on 2024. When it ends at Bee Branch Church, take a right towards Mistletoe. After going past the Mistletoe Church (Old Post Office), the road becomes passable only with a four-wheel drive or ATV. Go several miles until passing a gas well on the right. Take the first little road left.

Cemetery is about half a mile out this road. Walk down hill past huge rocks. Cemetery is at the point of the ridge. According to A.B. Couch, the caskets were taken to the cemetery on sleds, pulled by horses. Al Baker, age 80, said when he was a young boy, he attended church services there. It was an “open church” which consisted of several rows of wooden benches.

Marion Couch of Cherokee, AL, visited this cemetery in May of 2005, and with the help of Al Baker and A.B. Couch, made a list of persons buried there. Marion is making new stones for some of the graves, and plans to place them there the fall of 2005.

Fourteen graves, marked mostly with rocks.


AT REST
SARAH COUCH
BOR MAR 7 1872
DIED JULY 27 1962

James (Blind Jim) Couch --- concrete stone, info missing
B May 10, 1872 new stone fall of 2005
D 1950

Richard Couch -------concrete stone, info missing 
Died young of pneumonia after walking to store in Bullskin in rain
Grandson of Jim Couch, s/o Lulie Couch (unmar) m. George Couch

Infant Carmack --- son of Ike & Marie Carmack
Grandson of George & Lulie Couch

Henry Lundy ---- Died of TB, son of John Lundy

Lige Dodd ----- (Was really a Couch, but went by Dodd name)

John Dodd ------- was old man, related to John Lundy

Matthew Couch -------s/o Dewey & Florence Couch
b. June 19, 1936 died of leukemia
d Oct 22, 1940

Philmore Couch
Born & died Nov 5, 1947 s/o Dewey & Florence Couch

5 infants belonging to Mandy Couch, d/o Ken Couch

 

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