Rod "Roddie" Crouch

Rod was born March 18, 1963, in Pineville, Louisiana to Homer and Delma Crouch. He graduated from Pineville High School in 1981, where he played football for the Pineville Rebels as an All-District performer on both offense and defense, later going on to play for the LSU Tigers at the collegiate level.

He joined the U.S. Air Force right out of school and, as a man who never sought to do the bare minimum, joined the Honor Guard and had the privilege of serving under presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, Sr. He was an early adopter of computer technology and worked as a computer consultant for several years before becoming a Storage Area Network Engineer for Wells Fargo for the remainder of his professional career.

He held a lifelong love for sports, and could always be found out fishing with his family, at the NASCAR track with his wife, or at an LSU football game. When he wasn’t engaged in sports, he would relax on the beach with good friends, good wine, and a nice cigar. He knew that family was the people he kept close, and he loved his friends as much as he loved his father, mother, sister, and children. Few are blessed with as large and as loving a family as he.

People gravitated toward him because he was a man of great passion and few words. He was a man who let his actions speak for him. For some, he was a lent ear for when there was no one else to turn to; for others, he was a rock, an oasis of calm rationality in the turbulent storms of life; for everyone, he was a man to love, admire, and aspire to be. He was dedicated to his wife, his friends, his family, and to anyone who needed the support of a kindhearted soul. The world will always be in desperate need of men like him, and it aches now that his soul has departed from its face.

He is survived by his loving wife, Pam Crouch, and five adoring children: sons Christopher Crouch, Matthew Crouch, Gregory Crouch, Joshua Crouch, and a daughter, Bobbie Crouch, his parents, Homer and Delma Crouch, his sister, Stephanie Sarver, and many caring nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Friends and Family will be received at Wylie Baxley Funeral Home on Saturday, July 20 from 10 - 11am with A Celebration of Life Service at 11 am.