Birdie Welch Christman obituary, Union, LA
submitted by Hazel Craig


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The following edited  OBIT. appeared in The Bernice Banner, 
March 21, 2003 issue, page 2. 


                               BIRDIE WELCH CHRISTMAN

     Services for Birdie Welch Christman, 91, of Ruston were held 
Saturday, March 15, 2003 at First Baptist Church, Bernice, with Rev.
David Weeks officiating.  Interment services were in the Marine 
Cemetery in Marine, Illinois.   Funeral services were under the 
direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Bernice. 

     Mrs. Christman went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 
12, 2003 in Ruston following a lengthy illness.  Mrs. Christman 
was preceded in death by her parents, John Quint and
Jennie Lawrence Welch of Weldon community, her husband, Edward 
Christman, four sisters:
Allie Welch Evans, Mary Jane Welch Lee, Eunice Welch and Marjorie
Welch; three brothers:
Thomas Welch, Milton A. Welch, and Willie A. Welch, Sr.; 
three nephews: Henry Evans, William
Evans, and Frank W. Griffith, Jr. 

     Mrs. Christman was a native of Bernice and a longtime member
of First Baptist Church of Bernice.  She was a former member of 
Ruston Department Club.  She was retired from Boeing
(McDonnell Douglas) in St. Louis after 21 years service.  
Mrs. Christman returned to Bernice in 1963. 

     She is survived by her sister, Evelyn Welch Erb of Bernice, 
nephew, Willie Welch, Jr. of Bernice; niece, Hazel Welch Craig of 
Camden, TN; and numerous grand nieces and great grand nephews.  

     In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Baptist 
Church in Bernice. 

     The family would like to thank Lincoln General Hospital, Dr.
 David Slay and staff,
employees and sitters at The Russ House for their loving care.  

     Submitted by: Hazel Welch Craig, Camden, TN.    I lived with
this Aunt three years and went to school in St. Louis after my 
graduation in Bernice, La.