Funeral services for Mr. Clyde Edward Welch of Winnsboro, will be 2:00 PM Saturday, September 3, 2022, at Winnsboro United Pentecostal Church, 2510 Loop Road, Winnsboro, La., with Bro. Mark Powell and Bro. Floyd Hawthorne officiating. Interment will follow at Providence Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Young’s Community Memorial Winnsboro. Visitation will be from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM Saturday, September 3, 2022 at the church.
Mr. Welch was born March 30, 1933, in Winnsboro, LA and passed from this life on September 1, 2022, in Winnsboro, LA at the age of 89. He was a member of Winnsboro United Pentecostal Church for over 70 years, he taught Sunday School and was a church Monitor. Clyde loved to hunt and fish and retired from LSU Research Center in Chase LA. then started farming until he reached retirement age. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Grady Mixon Welch and Velvia Welch;
and his siblings, Grady Welch Jr., JD Welch, Jesse Welch, and sister Alice Crafts.
Survivors include his spouse of 68 years, Susie L. Welch; daughter, Mickey Rose Welch; son, Eddie Murle Welch; brothers, Simmie Ray Welch and wife June, William Welch and wife Judy, Timothy Welch and wife Jo, Robert Welch and wife Sandy and Jack Welch and wife Brenda; sisters, Mildred Heath, Doris Frizell, and Leonia Meadows. He also leaves a host of nieces, nephews, family, friends, and his pet Fluffy.
Pallbearers will be Mike Wright, Leo Guimbellot, Rusty Stone, Boyce Stone, Chad Parks and Steve Parks. Honorary pallbearers will be Dalton Wright, Ray Parks, Robert Parks, and John Comeaux.