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Beatrice Couch Obituary

HAMPTON - Beatrice M. Couch, 86, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday evening, Dec. 26, 2001. Born in Gates, N.C., she had been a Hampton resident since 1933 where she was a manager for many years for one of the former colonial stores during World War II. She was a member of Restoration Church Phoebus Baptist. Beatrice was preceded in death by her parents and six brothers and sisters. She is survived by her son, Thomas C. Wiest, and five grandchildren, all of Charlottesville; and her sister, Janice H. Hogge and her husband, Louis, of Newport News. A memorial service will be conducted 1 p.m. Friday at R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home in Hampton by Pastor Leonard D. Riley. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. The family requests in lieu of flowers, any expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Peninsula S.P.C.A., 523 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News, 23601.

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Published by Daily Press on Jan. 1, 2002.

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