Obit: Edna McNease Welch, Franklin Parish, LA Submitted by Shirley Ashley ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** April 16, 2000 Edna McNease Welch Funeral services for Edna McNease Welch, 97, of Delhi were held Tuesday at Riser First National Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Mrs. Welch died Sunday, April 16, 2000 at Community Care Center of Ruston. She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude S. Welch. Survivors include her five children, Claude N. Welch of Pueblo, Colo.; Edward E. Welch of Shreveport; Winfre D. "Wimp" Welch of Winnsboro; Grady R. Welch of Delhi; Ruth Murphy of Ruston; one sister, Willene House of St. Bernard, La.; 16 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Grandsons served as pallbearers.