Obituary: Maedell Welch, July 15, 2013

Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
April 2015
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The Observer/Enterprise, Coke County, TX - July 26, 2013

Maedell Welch, 81, passed away peacefully at her home in Midland, Texas 
on July 15, 2013. The family received friends at the funeral home on 
Thursday, July 18, 2013, from 6 to 8 pm. Funeral services were on Friday, 
July 19, at 2 pm at Bellview Baptist Church in Midland, Texas, with Pastor 
Myron Unruh officiating. Interment followed at Resthaven Memorial Park, 
in Midland.

Maedell was born on October 31, 1931, to Manuel and Anna Mae McCullough in 
Sanco, Texas. Her family later moved to Eunice, New Mexico, where she 
graduated from high school in 1948. After graduation, she married and 
spent the majority of her adult life caring for her large family. Maedell 
was a member of Bellview Baptist Church for many years where she served 
faithfully on the Benevolence Committee and Funeral Committee.

Maedell is survived by sisters Vera Bettis and husband Charlie and Betty 
McCalib of Eunice, New Mexico, and sister Dorothy Pope of Lake Havasu City, 
Arizona; sons Mack Worcester and wife Becky and Ricky Jackson of
Midland, Texas, daughters Joyce McCormick of Plainview, Texas, and Janette 
Worcester and Juanita Allcorn of Midland, Texas, daughter-in-law Terry 
Worcester of Topeka, Kansas, stepson Jerry Welch and wife Marsha of 
Lovington, New Mexico, stepdaughter Sharon Clouse and husband Bob of 
Eunice, New Mexico, and stepdaughter-in-law Marsha Ann Welch of Ft. Smith, 
Arkansas, eleven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and numerous 
nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her mother, father and step-father, O.R. Eubanks, 
husband Charles C. Worcester and husband Irl A. Welch, daughter Sharlene 
Forsythe, son Clayton Worcester, son-in-law Bobby Allcorn, stepson Ricky Welch 
and sister Dorothy McCaslin.

Donations in Maedell's memory may be sent to "The Benevolence Fund" at Bellview 
Baptist Church, 1710 N. Big Spring, Midland, TX 79701 or to The Gideon's 
International, 602 N. Baird St, Midland, TX 79701. Arrangements were under the 
direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home &Crematory of Midland. Online 
condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com

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