RESPONSE: Adding a little marriage information as follows to the Obit below: Leslie Co., KY Marriage Index 1906 MELTON, Monroe to NANTZ, Mary - - Book 2, Page 42 Leslie Co., KY 1938 COUCH, Astor to MELTON, Nettie - - Book 29, Page 283 Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA In a message dated 11/4/2008 8:50:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, RLTJPS@aol.com writes: > Nette Melton Couch > (November 5, 1910 - October 28, 2008) > > The Obituary of Nette Melton Couch > Officiating Minister: Rev. Richard Guerrant > > Mrs. Nette Melton Couch born November 5, 1910 departed this life on October > > 28, 2008 at the Mary Breckinridge Hospital, Hyden, KY. She was 97 years,11 > months, &23 days old. > > Nette was born at Wooton, KY., the daughter of the late Roe Melton & Mary > Nantz Melton, and > her husband, Mr. Astor Couch (deceased 1984) > > Nette was a former grocery store owner &a licensed beautician. > She was a former resident of Perry &Breathitt Co., and had been a resident > of Leslie Co. KY. since 1955. > > Nette had been a very faithful member of the Presbyterian Church her entire > > adult life. She was currently the oldest member of the Central Presbyterian > > Church, Hyden, KY. and had been very active in the church. She was a former > > trustee, bible school volunteer, Sunday School teacher. > > Nette was a former member of the Hazard Eastern Star &she enjoyed cooking & > sewing as hobbies. > > Mrs. Nette Melton Couch was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Astor > Couch on August 10, 1984. her parents: Roe Melton &Mary Nantz Melton, five > brothers: Joda, Tom, Henry, Hyden, Gordon, two sisters: Lillian Laymon &Eva > > Cornett. > > Mrs. Nette Melton Couch leaves the following relatives surviving: two > devoted &loving daughters: Martha Raye Mosley &husband, Glenn E. of Hyden, > KY., > Mary Kathryn Stamper &husband, Russell S. of Beattyville, KY. two brothers: > > Edward Paul Melton of Wooton, KY., Clayton Eugene Melton & wife, Shirley of > > Warren, Michigan, two sisters: Sally Wooton &husband, George of Hyden, KY., > > Betty Begley of Wooton, KY., four grandchildren: Margaret Kamery, Cynthia > Mains, Martha States, Kendall Morgan, five great-grandchildren: Kevin, > Kayla, > Nicole, David, &Maya &host of treasured nieces, nephews, cousins, other > relatives and friends to mourn her death. She will greatly be missed. > > The funeral service for Mrs. Nette Melton Couch conducted at 1:00 P.M. - > Thursday - October 30, 2008 at the Dwayne Walker Funeral Home Chapel with > Rev. > Richard Guerrant officiating. > > The interment followed in the "Brewer Cemetery' at Wooton, KY., Leslie > County, under the direction of the Dwayne Walker Funeral Home Staff. > > The following serve as active pallbearers: Ray Brewer, William Feltner, > Shawn Morgan, Robert Brewer, Vernon States, Todd Mains, the following serve > as > honorary pallbearers: Russell S. Stamper, Glenn E. Mosley, &George Wooton. > > The family requests donations in her memory may be made to the Central > Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 880, Hyden, Kentucky 41749.