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Submitted: 9/8/24 • Approved: 9/10/24 • Last Updated: 9/13/24 • R488888-G488888-S3
Evan
July 15, 1914 - April 20, 2007
Dessie
April 10, 1923 - November 23, 2013
Married: March 16, 1946
BLANCHARD, LA- Funeral services for Mr. Evan Welch, 92, will be held at First Baptist Church in Blanchard, LA on Monday, April 23, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Dr. James Hill will officiate with Reverend James Wallace assisting. Interment will follow at Memorial Gardens in Mooringsport, LA.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Mr. Welch was born on July 15, 1914 in Colfax, LA to William Welch and Julia Thomisee. He passed away on April 20, 2007. He was an avid gardener and a member of First Baptist Church of Blanchard.
Mr. Welch is preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, and three sisters.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Dessie Welch; son, Sam Welch and wife, Leanne; daughter, Melinda Overstreet and husband, Ray, and grandchildren, Emily and Laura Lee Welch.
Sisters, Odie Lee Jones and husband Edwin, and Nancy Little; Pallbearers will be Sam Welch, Ronny Welch, Richard Shafer, Don Humphries, Johnny Welch, Mike Fleener, Ken Shafer, and Charles Nelson.
The family would like to thank Dr. Germine Cassiere and North Caddo Medical Center and vol. And staff of Fire District #1 and #7. Rose-Neath Funeral Home
Southside Chapel 687-1256
Contributed on 9/8/24 by debbraszymanski
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