In this paper, we consider a coupled Lamé system of nonlinear viscoelastic equations with general source terms. Under some suitable conditions on the initial data and the relaxation functions, we prove an asymptotic stability result of global solution taking into account that the kernel is not necessarily decreasing.This work generalizes and improves earlier results in the literature. KEYWORDS coupled system, Lamé system, Lyapunov function, viscoelastic term MSC CLASSIFICATION 35L70; 35B40; 76Exx Δ e u = Δu + ( + ) ∇ (div u) , u = (u 1 , u 2 , u 3 ) T , Math Meth Appl Sci.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/mma