ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: WELCH, JAMES ROLAND Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La. Posted: Friday, April 20, 2012 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ======================================================================= NOTE: If a Photo is available for an obituary record, a reference note will be included with the record. =========================================================== WELCH ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/sttammany/obits/dateobits/2012/st1204.htm and click to view list of photos. ========== James Roland Welch, 77, passed away Tuesday April 17, 2012. He was a retired insulator at Asbestos workers Local 53. He is survived by his wife, Emma Welch; a son, James Welch; a daughter, Pamela Welch Polk and her husband, Mass Polk; two sisters, Gloria Bell and Marlene Metz and two brothers, Woody Welch and Kenneth Welch. He is also survived by four grandchildren, Pamela Michelle Polk Dunaway, Erika Rochelle Polk Davis, Ashley Renae Welch Blevins and Emily Carissa Welch Mitchell and four great-grandchildren, Devin Claude Dunaway, Abbygail Makayla Davis, Jasper Steven Davis and Kendal Blevins. He was preceded in death by his parents, Enoch E. and Georgia Oneal Welch, and two brothers, Ellery Welch and Melvin Welch. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at D.T. Williams Funeral Home, 67525 Hwy. 41, Pearl River. Visitation is from 9 a.m. until service ===================