Thomas Couch

Thomas A. Couch VIRGINIA BEACH - Thomas Autrey Couch, 82, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 at Atlantic Shores. Born in Roaring Gap, N.C., to the late Cora and Robert Couch, Thomas was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War and retired from Aetna Life Insurance Company in Norfolk. Thomas was a graduate of the University of Richmond and earned two master's degrees from American College in Pennsylvania. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach and a longtime member of the Kiwanis. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie S. Couch; a daughter, Linda Inman of Naples, Fla.; two sons, Thomas A Couch Jr. and his wife Donna, and Frank W. Couch and his fiancée Deborah, all of Virginia Beach; two sisters, Irene Couch and Lorene Couch Bond and her husband James, all of Richmond; and four grandchildren, Ashley, Courtney and Kendall Couch of Virginia Beach and Robert Williams and wife Marci of Charleston, S.C. A memorial service will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Albert Butzer officiating. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Great Neck Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Operation Smile.