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==Background==

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Couhig was born at [[John Ochsner|Ochsner Baptist Medical Center]] to Robert Emmet "Bob" Couhig, Sr. (1916-2014), and the former Marcelle "Nootsie" Reese (1916-1985). His mother's brother, Couhig's uncle, was [[George Reese]], a pioneer in the establishment of a viable Republican Party in Louisiana. The senior Couhig after [[World War II]] came to New Orleans from [[Massachusetts]]. He was hired by the Orkin Company to manage two area pest-control offices and became the top executive of a four-state territory. In that position, he moved the Orkin central office from New Orleans to [[Baton Rouge]]. In the mid-1960s, Rollins Environmental Services, Inc., bought Orkin and transferred Couhig to its office in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]]. After a year-long relocation to Georgia, Couhig left the company and moved his family to St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish north of [[Baton Rouge]]. Bob and Marcelle Couhig were pioneers in the promotion of [[tourism]] in both West and East Feliciana parishes. In 1962, they opened Fairview Plantation, a restaurant and gift shop in an historic home in West Feliciana Parish. After Fairview burned, they established in 1966 in Jackson, Louisiana, the Asphodel Village, one of the first bed and breakfasts in the state. The Couhigs lived in one part of Asphodel Plantation and until the later 1980s operated a restaurant and gift shop in the other part of the house. Marcelle in 1980 published the popular ''Asphodel Plantation Cookbook'' with regional specialties. In 1967, the senior Couhig formed his own Couhig Pestaway Company, based in Baton Rouge, which he operated until he was in his middle eighties.<ref name=couhigsrobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=robert-e-couhig-bob&pid=171165165#sthash.TKjpLoSb.dpuf|title=Robert E. "Bob" Couhig, Sr. obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=May 30, 2014}}</ref>

Couhig was born at [[John Ochsner|Ochsner Baptist Medical Center]] to Robert Emmet "Bob" Couhig, Sr. (1916-2014), and the former Marcelle "Nootsie" Reese (1916-1985). His mother's brother, Couhig's uncle, was [[George Reese]], a pioneer in the establishment of a viable Republican Party in Louisiana. The senior Couhig after [[World War II]] came to New Orleans from [[Massachusetts]]. He was hired by the Orkin Company to manage two area pest-control offices and became the top executive of a four-state territory. In that position, he moved the Orkin central office from New Orleans to [[Baton Rouge]]. In the mid-1960s, Rollins Environmental Services, Inc., bought Orkin and transferred Couhig to its office in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]]. After a year-long relocation to Georgia, Couhig left the company and moved his family to St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish north of [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=couhigsrobit/>

 

There, Bob and Marcelle Couhig were pioneers in the promotion of [[tourism]] in both West and East Feliciana parishes. In 1962, they opened Fairview Plantation, a restaurant and gift shop in an historic home in West Feliciana Parish. After Fairview burned, they established in 1966 in Jackson, Louisiana, the Asphodel Village, one of the first bed and breakfasts in the state. The Couhigs lived in one part of Asphodel Plantation and until the later 1980s operated a restaurant and gift shop in the other part of the house. Marcelle in 1980 published the popular ''Asphodel Plantation Cookbook'' with regional specialties. In 1967, the senior Couhig formed his own Couhig Pestaway Company, based in Baton Rouge, which he operated until he was in his middle eighties.<ref name=couhigsrobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=robert-e-couhig-bob&pid=171165165#sthash.TKjpLoSb.dpuf|title=Robert E. "Bob" Couhig, Sr. obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=May 30, 2014}}</ref>

Couhig matriculated at the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] Jesuit High School in New Orleans. After moving to West Feliciana Parish, he graduated from St. Francisville High School in 1967 and procured a scholarship to study international [[economics]] at the [[Georgetown University]] Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in [[Washington, D.C.]] He completed his [[Bachelor of Arts]] from Georgetown and then obtained his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the [[Tulane University]] Law School in New Orleans.<ref name=couhigpartners>{{cite web|url=http://www.couhigpartners.com/OurTeam.aspx|title=Rob Couhig|publisher=couhigpartners.com|accessdate=May 31, 2014}}</ref>

Couhig matriculated at the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] Jesuit High School in New Orleans. After moving to West Feliciana Parish, he graduated from St. Francisville High School in 1967 and procured a scholarship to study international [[economics]] at the [[Georgetown University]] Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in [[Washington, D.C.]] He completed his [[Bachelor of Arts]] from Georgetown and then obtained his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the [[Tulane University]] Law School in New Orleans.<ref name=couhigpartners>{{cite web|url=http://www.couhigpartners.com/OurTeam.aspx|title=Rob Couhig|publisher=couhigpartners.com|accessdate=May 31, 2014}}</ref>