Fannie Welch
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Fannie M. Slone Welch, 88, passed away August 10, 2015 in Brownfield. She was born March 2, 1927 in Gulf, Texas to Frank E. Weaver and Georgia Mullins Weaver.
She attended school in Gulf, Matagorda, Bay City and Blessing. She was a graduate of Massey Business College in Houston. Fannie Merle married Theodore (Ted) Wilson Slone July 6, 1944 at the Baptist Encampment in Palacios. They lived in Collegeport and Seadrift the in 1952 made their home in Edna where they lived until Ted’s death in 1985.
She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Edna, helping with many activities. She belonged to several clubs in Edna. She helped organize The Garden Club and was a Charter Member of the Cordie Whitfield Study Club which was organized in 1956 and continued to be a member until she moved in 1987. She was also a member of the Edna Art Guild and was proud that artist Dalhart Windberg was their instructor.
She was an active member in the Aggie Mother’s Club while Ted, Jr. was attending Texas A&M. She loved traveling abroad and in the U.S. with her children, as well as gardening (she loved her flowers) and birding. Once her children were all in school, she started working outside the home. She was a bookkeeper for a grain elevator one harvest, then went to work as secretary of their church. She later worked for May’s Furniture Store in Edna, then worked for Kamin’s Furniture Store in Victoria for 17 years.
Fannie Merle later married Don Welch and moved to Wharton. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Wharton and enjoyed singing in the choir. She was a volunteer at Wharton Manor for over 20 years, bringing the devotional for their Wednesday morning Bible studies. Due to health problems, she moved to Norman, Okla. in 2007 to live near a daughter and later moved to Brownfield to live near another daughter.
Fannie Merle is preceded in death by her parents; husband Theodore (Ted) Slone; sisters Loueen Simpson and Yvonne Kuykendall and brother Frank E. Weaver.
She is survived by her children, Dr. Theodore (Ted) Slone, Jr. and wife Patti of Kalamazoo, Mich., Frances (Frankie) Leona Walker and husband Gary of Plains, Catherine Darlene Mercer of Norman, Okla. and John Ralph Slone of Atlanta, Ga.; sisters Nola Guest of The Woodlands, and Anne Carrington of San Marcos; nine grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren and long-time family friend Roger Salz.
The family received visitors Thursday, Aug. 13, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home. Graveside services follow at 3:30 p.m. at Palacios Cemetery with Bro. Jim Shamburger of First Baptist Church, Victoria officiating.
Online condolences may be shared with the family by visiting www.taylorbros.net.
Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, 979-245-4613.
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