Odis Truman Couch

Services for Truman Couch, 91, of Kilgore, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 25, 2023 at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Burial will follow at Danville Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday morning from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.; one hour prior to service. Mr. Couch passed away on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 in Kilgore.

Mr. Couch was born on May 21, 1932 in Turkey, Texas to the late James Cleo Couch and Ethel Morine Tribble. Truman was a member of Chandler Street Church of Christ. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, and friend. He was a child of the Great Depression, the firstborn of a large family of little means. He lost his mother at the tender age of three but became the oldest of sixteen children. He understood the struggles of life. He met and married a girl from Belgium, Georgette, and they forged a happy life together of 62 years, raising and loving their three children. He worked hard to provide for his family and took pride in every job and project he accomplished. He instilled his values of faith, respect, generosity, and a strong work ethic into his children. He led by example. To say he will be missed is an understatement.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Georgette Jeanne Lea Couch in 2017.

Left to cherish his memory are daughter, Suzanne Herman and husband Glen of Tyler; sons, Travis Couch and wife Caryn of Liberty City and Phillip Couch and wife Patti of Rockwall, Texas; sisters, Jimmie Nell Brown of San Bernardino, California, France Love and husband Butch of Georgetown, Texas, Lillie Morsbach of Eagle Lake, Texas, Irene Fennell and husband Jimmy of Granger, Texas, Liz Brown and husband Randy of Plainview, Texas, Audrey Alderson and husband Gary of Georgetown, Texas, Lois Sumners and husband Ted of Midland, Texas and Evelyn Ridener and husband Johnny of Plainview, Texas; brothers, Clifton Couch of Dallas, Lloyd Couch and wife Loretta of Kilgore, Gilbert Couch and wife Joy of Kilgore, James Couch and wife Cheryl of Kilgore, Weldon Couch and wife Paula of Georgetown, Texas, William Couch and wife Cheryl of Plainview, Texas and Lewis Couch and wife Patricia of Canyon, Texas; grandchildren, Jennifer Sparks and husband Cal, Nicole Nicholson and husband Eddie, Cayce Rutledge and husband John, Aaron Herman, Nathan Herman and wife Kayla, and Caroline Couch; great grandchildren, Callie Sparks, Colt Sparks, Cooper Sparks, Avery Nicholson, Elliott Rutledge, Graham Rutledge and Josie Herman and numerous nieces, nephews and other loving family members.