Obituary of Vera W Welch, Mississippi Co, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Barbara Brittain Ryals not related Date: Sep 1998 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** (Blytheville [AR] Courier News; Wednesday, June 30, 1982) Mrs. Vera Worthy WELCH, widow of Loy H. WELCH, died Tuesday in Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. She had been a Blytheville resident most of her life. Her husband was a former city councilman. She was a member of United Daughters of the Confederacy and First United Methodist Church. She leaves one daughter, Martha E. WELCH of Godfrey, Ill.; one brother, Grady WORTHY of Memphis; her stepmother, Mrs. Grace WORTHY of Blytheville; one stepsister, Mrs. Nancy TRIMUE of Frenchmans Bayou; and three nieces. Services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in First United Methodist Church, the Rev. Paul BUMPERS officiating, with entombment in Elmwood Cemetery, Cobb Funeral Home in charge.