Staci Couch Anderson provided information on the early Couch family who lived near Bronaugh.

This is John Oliver Couch, 1849 - 1923. His wife was Martha Jane McCracken Yarbrough from Greensboro, NC (1858 - 1929). Martha Jane had two daughters before she married John. They were Ida and and Mae. John and Martha then had a son, Clyde V. Couch. The obituary to the right from the February 2, 1929 Bronaugh Journal.is for Martha Jane McCracken Yarbrough Couch. It confirms that she had two daughters with her first husband, Edward Yarbrough. One of them was Mrs. Ida Whitworth of Moundville. It also confirms that John Couch's death date was January 7, 1923. Worsley Cemetery, Bronaugh     Below is the sale bill for the estate of John O. Couch. It is from the January 17, 1923 Bronaugh Journal.

	Nellore (Nellie) Packer married Clyde V. Couch. Worsley Cemetery shows Clyde, 1889 - 1958 and Nellore, 1888 - 1968. Her parents, Martin and Lucy Packer are buried in Worsley Cemetery.
Blanche Packer, sister of Nellore.
J. F. and Blanche Packer Curtis were married for awhile.
Curtis / Packer photo.
	Nellore Packer.

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