Couch Family
Reunion
July 27-29,
2007
Bedford
County, Tennessee
Organized by
descendants of Joseph and Catherine (Patton) Couch
Click here
to see the family chart on the COUCHGENWEB.
Please Note: We are trying to finalize obtaining
facilities for some of our sessions (especially meals), as well as securing
accommodations for out of town guests, so please let us know if you plan on
attending.
Contact
us by Monday, July
2, 2007 (or as soon as possible) to confirm.
Kathryn Hopkins - 931.455.4603 or email: [email protected]
Carolyn Smotherman – 615.368.7217 or email:
[email protected]
If
you are interested in presenting a session, just let us know – we will be very
happy to add you to the agenda.
Everyone
is welcome to attend – friends, family, anyone that is interested – so please
help spread the word!
Check back – this site will be updated as speakers
and locations are confirmed.
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Proposed Couch
Reunion Schedule |
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Start Time |
Session |
Location |
Coordinator / Speaker |
Comments |
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6:00 p.m. |
Meet & Greet
Dinner |
To be confirmed |
Introductions, sign-ins, nametags distributed. |
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Saturday, July 28, 2007 |
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Breakfast |
On
your own |
Feel free to contact me for recommendations |
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9:30 a.m. |
Arrive at Hollywood Cemetery |
Wartrace, TN |
If you do not attend the dinner Friday night and
need directions, please contact me prior to the event. |
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10:00 a.m. |
A Step Back in Time – Commemorating Confederate Veterans Resting the Hollywood Cemetery Includes special unveiling for Dr. Robert W. Couch By
the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and the Sons of Confederate
Veterans (SCV) |
Hollywood Cemetery, Wartrace, TN |
Mary Ruth Simmons |
Ross Moore will be providing music. http://www.rossmooreentertainment.com/ Feel free to dress in period attire. Note: there are a lot of kin buried here – Couch,
Keller, Stephens, Bramblett, Cortner, Throneberry – just to name a few. |
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11:30 a.m. |
Leave for
cemetery and land tour. Where
are they buried? Where did they live? |
Start from Wartrace Community Center. We will visit Fairfield and Wartrace: § Couch-Patton Cemetery § Keller Cemetery § Couch’s Bluff If time allows, Bell Buckle and Shelbyville will be included. |
We may continue this on Sunday if anyone is
interested. If it rains on Saturday, this will be moved to Sunday. |
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1:00 p.m. |
Wartrace Community Center |
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2:00 p.m. |
Group Photo |
Wartrace Community Center |
Candy Couch |
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2:30 p.m. |
Establishing a Trust for
the Couch-Patton Cemetery |
Wartrace Community Center |
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3:30 p.m. |
Family Workshop |
Wartrace Community Center |
Bring family information, photos, stories,
anything you would like to share. |
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5:30 p.m. |
Break |
On your own |
On your own |
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7:00 p.m. |
Group Dinner |
To be confirmed |
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Sunday, July 29, 2007 |
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Breakfast |
On your own |
Feel free to contact me for recommendations |
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11:00 a.m. |
Church/Worship Service |
First Christian Church Tullahoma, TN |
Dot Couch Watson |
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12:30 p.m. |
Group Lunch |
Daddy Billy’s Tullahoma, TN |
Fran Couch Gray |
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1:30 p.m. |
Couch Family in South Carolina |
To be confirmed |
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2:30 p.m. |
The Guessing Game (a.k.a. “Couch Jeopardy”) |
To be confirmed |
Please submit an interesting fact about someone in
your family so we will have enough trivia to play this game. For example, “who received 100
chickens as a wedding present”? |
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3:30 p.m. |
More Family Fun |
To be confirmed |
If anyone wants to stay longer to discuss more
about our Couch heritage, we will be happy to do so. |
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Some
related surnames: Bramblett,
Stephens, Meadows, Keller, Payne, Cortner, Thomas, Chilton, Green, Throgmorton,
Haynes, Cunningham, Hickerson, Riggins, Black, Jennings, Holcombe, Mathews,
Overall
Do you know anyone in this
photograph? We think it was
taken around 1905.
Send suggestions or comments to Kathryn Hopkins
