Bruce Eugene Welch

Memorial services for Bruce Eugene Welch, 53, Whitehouse, were Jan. 6 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Whitehouse, with Malcom Washington officiating.

Mr: Welch died Dec. 28; 2006 at Hospice HomePlace.

He was born May 18; 1953 in Fort Smith, Ark., to the late Bobbie Welch. He was a tile and natural

stone contractor and a member of Kingdom Hall, Jehovah's Witnesses.

Survivors include his wife, Renee Susan Welch, Whitehouse; sons, Chris Welch, Gladewater, and Aaron Welch and Ben Welch, both of Tyler; daughter, Andrea Barnes, Whitehouse; brothers, Mark Welch, Baltimore, Md., and Gary Welch and Robert Welch, both of Houston; sis-ters, Rhonda Tieman, Whitehouse, and Tracey Pethick, Bullard; and eight grandchildren.

If desired; memorials may be made to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, 75701.