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JAMES R. CROUCH, 81, of Lahaina, Hawaii/Las Cruces, New Mexico died on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at La Posada - Mesilla Valley Hospice with his family present. JR was born January 7, 1930 to Fleetwood and Lou Jennie Crouch in Lynn Grove, Kentucky. He graduated from New Mexico State University with a degree in Business in 1952. During his years at NMSU he played basketball for the Aggies under Coach George McCarty. He loved his experience playing basketball as an Aggie and met lifetime friends on his team. JR always spoke very highly of Coach McCarty and the life time lessons he had taught him. After college JR joined the US Air Force in 1952 and was honorably discharged in 1965 as 1st Lieutenant. While in the Air Force he met his sweetheart Barbara Ann Wilde and they were married in 1955. During his stint in the Air Force, JR and Barbara moved to Lawrence, Kansas where JR attended the University of Kansas from 1954 to 1956 and received his Juris Doctorate. Crouch's career in Las Cruces included practicing law and real estate development from 1956 to 2003. He was very active in the legal profession, serving as president of the New Mexico Bar Association, the Western States Bar Conference and the New Mexico Federal Judicial Selection Committee. He was named outstanding New Mexico Lawyer in 1977. The NMSU College of Business named him their distinguished alumnus in 1985. JR is survived by his daughter Jackie Crouch Booth; his son-in-law Kevin H. Booth; his sister Maxine Bell; grandsons, James Crouch Booth (Whitney), Scott Andrew Booth and Craig Alan Booth (Josephine). He was preceded in death by his son James Michael Crouch; his wife Barbara Ann Crouch; and his brother Ralph B. Crouch. Visitation for JR Crouch will begin Thursday, January 13, 2011 at La Paz - Graham's Funeral Home Chapel from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday, January 14, 2011 at La Paz-Graham's Chapel at 10:00 a.m., with the burial to follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The family suggest that memorial contributions be made to the NMSU Women's Golf Team in memory of JR Crouch. Arrangements are with La Paz - Graham's Funeral Home, 555 W. Amador, 526-6891. To send the Crouch family condolences log on to: www.lapaz-grahams.com
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