Carol Faythe Cocanougher Raffety McLaughlin, 84, passed away June 6, 2021, at the Tobacco Root Care Center in Sheridan, Montana. She was born Dec. 31, 1936 in Butte, Montana, to Charles and Julia Cocanougher, ranchers from Glen, Montana on the lower Big Hole River. At the age of four, Carol’s family moved from their two-room log cabin with a sod roof, to a lovely log home with all the modern conveniences. She attended grade school in Twin Bridges and local country schools. Carol graduated in 1955 from Beaverhead County High School in Dillon.
