Former Kentucky great Joey Couch passed away on December 15. I got a phone call on that Friday night, but I didn’t want to believe it. You see, the news that cracked my heart had yet to be confirmed. I cried; Jen worried. Later that night, John Pelphrey called and said he’d heard the same. John and Joey were teammates at Paintsville High School. I was still holding onto a glimpse of hope that it was another person by the same name or somehow he’d be ok. He wasn’t. It was true. My college roommate of five years passed away far too soon at the age of 49.
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