Saturday, September 04, 2004

GLASGOW Dr. James Jesup Crouch Jr., 83, died Sept. 1, 2004, of injuries suffered in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 65 south of Elizabethtown.

The Todd County native entered Western Kentucky State College, now Western Kentucky University, in 1938, where he studied pre-veterinary medicine. In 1941, he enrolled at Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He served in the Army Specialized Training Program of the Veterinary Corps. After graduation from Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, he interned at LaCenter under Dr. W.M. Coffee. In 1945, he and his wife moved to Glasgow, where he founded the Animal Clinic on West Main Street. He helped organize the South Central Rural Telephone Cooperative and served a four-year term as its first president. He served as president of the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association in 1966 and was named Kentucky Veterinarian of the Year in 1974. He was an elder and trustee of Glasgow First Christian Church. While at the Animal Clinic of Glasgow, his partners included Doctors Nelson A. Pott, Edwin A. Page, BobMemorial service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Christian Church, with burial in Glenwood Cemetery in Elkton. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home and from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the church.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Building Fund of First Christian Church in Glasgow or to the Mary Woods Weldon Memorial Library in Glasgow.

Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Elsie Crouch; a daughter, Mary Louise Sawyer and her husband, James, of Albemarle, N.C.; four sons, John Crouch and his wife, Kay, of Louisville, Dr. Richard Crouch and his wife, Cheryl, of Murray, and Tom Crouch and his wife, Dianne, and Joe Crouch and his wife, Kathy, all of Lexington; nine grandchildren; two brothers, Billie T. Crouch and his wife, Nancy, of Elkton and David Crouch and his wife, Georgia, of Elkton; a sister, Virginia McKee of Franklin, Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.  Daily News ·813 College St. ·PO Box 90012 ·Bowling Green, KY ·42102 ·270-781-1700