Nette Melton Couch

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. 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 & 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. The funeral service for Mrs. Nette Melton Couch will be conducted at 1:00 P.M. - Thursday - October 30, 2008 at the Dwayne Walker Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Richard Guerrant officiating. The interment will follow in the Brewer Cemetery at Wooton, Ky., under the direction of the Dwayne Walker Funeral Home Staff. Friends may call for visitation from 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. - Wednesday - October 29, 2008 at the Dwayne Walker Funeral Home Chapel. The following will serve as active pallbearers: Ray Brewer, William Feltner, Shawn Morgan, Robert Brewer, Vernon States, Todd Mains, the following will serve as honorary pallbearers: Russell S. Stamper, Glenn E. Mosley, & George Wooton. The family requests donations may be made to the Central Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 880, Hyden, Kentucky 41749. Friends may offer their condolences at www.walkerfuneralhomesllc.com