Dr. J. J. Crouch

March 31, 1921     ~     September 1, 2004

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              Dr. James Jesup Crouch, Jr. was born March 31, 1921 in Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky, the son of James Jesup and Margaret (Hollins) Crouch.  In 1938 he entered Western Kentucky State College (now Western Kentucky University ) in Bowling Green , Kentucky for pre-veterinary studies.  In 1941 he enrolled at the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine.  He served in the Army Specialized Training Program of the Veterinary Corps.  Elsie Schneiter and James Crouch were married in 1944.  After graduation from the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, he interned at LaCenter, Kentucky under Dr. W. M. Coffee.  In 1945 Elsie and Jim moved to Glasgow , Kentucky 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. Jim Crouch served as an elder and trustee of the Glasgow First Christian Church. While at the Animal Clinic of Glasgow his partners included Doctors Nelson A. Pott, Edwin A. Page, Bobby A. Guilfoil and Steve Webb. In 1995 he retired from veterinary practice. In 1998 he founded By-products for Cattle and traveled across Kentucky and Tennessee helping cattle farmers increase productivity with a cost-effective nutritional supplement for beef and dairy cows. On the afternoon of September 1, 2004, while on one of these trips, he fell asleep while driving on Interstate-65 south of Elizabethtown, Kentucky and died a few hours later from chest injuries sustained in the single vehicle accident. He lived 83 good years.  He will be missed by family and friends.

        He leaves behind his wife of 60 years Elsie Crouch, a daughter Mary Louise Sawyer and her husband James Sawyer of Albemarle, North Carolina; four sons: John Crouch and his wife Kay of Louisville, Kentucky; Dr. Richard Crouch and his wife Cheryl of Murray, Kentucky; Tom Crouch and his wife Dianne of Lexington, Kentucky; Joe Crouch and his wife Kathy of Lexington, Kentucky; nine grand-children: Ginger Spickler and her husband Joshua of Memphis, Tennessee, Stephen Crouch and his wife Kim, James C. Crouch and Elizabeth Crouch, all of Louisville, Martha Crouch and Susannah Crouch of Lexington, John Sawyer of Charlotte, North Carolina, Christopher Sawyer of Albemarle, North Carolina, David Crouch of Murray, Kentucky;  two brothers:  Billie T. Crouch and his wife Nancy of Elkton, Kentucky and David Crouch and his wife Georgia of Elkton, Kentucky and one sister Virginia McKee of Franklin, Tennessee and numerous nieces and nephews. 

        Visitation will be from 4PM to 8PM on Saturday, September 11 at Hatcher & Sadler Funeral Home, Glasgow, and from 1PM to 2PM , Sunday, September 12 at the First Christian Church, Glasgow, followed by a memorial service at 2PM at the church. Burial will be at Glenwood Cemetery in Elkton , Kentucky . In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Building Fund of the First Christian Church, Glasgow , Kentucky or to the Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Library, Glasgow.