Funeral program for Mr. Louis Welch, Jr.

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Sunday, January 4, 1987
2:00 P.M.
Hagan Chapel Baptist Church
Hagan, Georgia
Rev. C. L. Anderson, Pastor
Rev. James Benjamin, Officiating
Interment-Church Cemetery
Under The Direction of
Sexton-Hall Funeral Directors
118 East 35th St.
Savannah, Georgia.
Obituary
We know not the time when He cometh.
At even, or midnight, or morn;
It may be at deepening twilight;
It may be at earliest dawn.
He bids us to watch and be ready,
Nor suffer our lights to grow dim,
That wjien He shall come. He may find us
All waiting and watching for Him.
I think of His wonderful pity.
The price our salvation hath cost;
He left the bright mansions of glory
To suffer and die for the lost.
And sometimes I think it will please Him,
When those whom He died to redeem
Rejoice in the hope of His coming
By waiting and watching for Him.
O Jesus, my loving Redeemer,
Thou knowest I cherish as dear
The hope that mine eyes shall behold Thee,
That I shall Thine own welcome hear!
If to some as a judge Thou appearest,
Who forth from Thy presence would flee,
A Friend most beloved Ill greet Thee,
Im waiting and watching for Thee.
Bro. Louis Welch, Jr. w'as born December 9, 1929 in Brooklet, Ga.,
to the late Rev. Louis Welch, Sr., and Marie Williams Welch.
He affiliated himself with the Hagan Chapel Baptist Church at an
early age. He was a Veteran in the U.S. Army. He was united in Holy
Matrimony to Altamesa Laverne M. Mattox on October 29, 1968.
He departed this Monday, December 29, 1986, in the Veterans
Hospital in Augusta, Ga. He was preceded in death by a son. Carmen
Carey. He leaves to mourn his death, a wife Altamesa Welch of Savan-
nah, Ga.; two daughters, Marie Richardson of Hinesville, Ga., Janice
Warren of Houston, Texas; two sisters. Ruby Mae Mattox and Ruth
L. Rogers, both of Brunswick, Ga.; one brother, Marvin E. Welch of
Claxton, Ga; one sister-in-law, Vernella Welch, Seven aunts, Mrs. Ollie
Mae Williams, Claxton, Ga., Mrs. Emma J. Williams of Marlow, Ga.;
Mrs. Elsie Deloach, Bronx N.Y., Mrs. Idell Elliott of Midway, Ga., Mrs.
Irene Lloyd of Detroit, Michigan, Mrs. Zelphia Williams, Sparta, Ga.,
Mrs. Maggie Williams, Brooklet, Ga., one uncle, Mr. Julius Elliot of
Midway, Ga., one son-in-law, John Richardson, of Hinesville, 3 grand-
children and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
Order of Service
Processional
Selection
Choir
Scripture and Prayer....................Rev. Janies Benjamin
Selection ................................................. Choir
Tributes (3 minutes please)
As A Neighbor.......
As A Friend.........
As I Knew Him.......
Mr. Arberteen Harris
.........J. D. Davis
Deacon StClair Miller
Acknowledgements and Obituary...........Mrs. L.B. Hayes
Solo....................................Emma L. Allen
Eulogy..............................Rev. C.L. Anderson
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Recessional