Funeral services for Ms. Lois Marie Ivy Welch, age 85, are scheduled for 2 PM on November 12, 2013 at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Lois passed away on Sunday November 10, 2013 in Jackson, TN. She was born June 11, 1928 in Henderson County to the late Samuel and Bertha Mae Stewart Ivy. She was a seamstress and a member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. Ms. Lois enjoyed reading, working puzzles, and spending her time with her grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great- great grandchildren, and spending time outdoors. Ms. Lois was preceded in death by her husband, Travis Welch, and grandson, Derek Coffman, and sister, Joyce Springer. Survivors include her daughter Linda (Doyle) Coffman, her grand children; Keith (Janelle) Coffman, Jeff (Kayla) Coffman, and Wesley (Shirley) Coffman, great grandchildren; Heather (Andy) Ray, Jermey (Kristin) Coffman, Holly (Jon) King, Jennifer, Jessica, and Michael Coffman, David Little, and Whitney and Kevin Overman, also her great-great grandchildren; Slater and Tyler Coffman, Nathan and Conner King, and Noelle, Scarlett, and Talis Little. The family has asked in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Beech River Baptist Disaster Relief fund.
