Mrs. Pauline Bartholomew Welch, age 97, passed away at Haywood Park Community Hospital on Sunday, February 27, 2011. Graveside Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 2:30 PM in Decaturville City Cemetery, in Decaturville, TN with Rev. Steve Weatherford officiating. She was preceded in death by her husband: William Nicholas Welch; a daughter: Mary Ellen Welch Moore; a brother: Harold Bartholomew and four sisters: Edith Stephens, Edna Hayes, Alberta Odom and Vera Shipman McGee. Mrs. Welch is survived by a grandson: Kent Moore (Janet) Jackson, TN; five great grandchildren: Hayley Haynes, Baker Moore (Laura), Andrew Moore all of Jackson, TN, Bradley Moore (Erin), Petersburg, FL; and Hunter Moore, Parsons, TN; five great great-grandchildren: Caroline Haynes, Walker Moore, Amelia Moore, Sarah Allyson Moore and Leah Moore.
In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be made to: Mt. Tabor Church, 1840 Old Decaturville Rd., Parsons, TN 38363.