Obituary

Williams, Arthur, Mrs. (Maeclair Horton Welch)

Maeclair (Welch) Williams, 102, passed away Friday night, Jan. 15, 2016, at Prairie House, just three days prior to her 103rd birthday. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, at Lemons Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Plainview Memorial Park. The family will receive visitors from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. Arrangements are under the care of Lemons Funeral Home. She was born Jan. 18, 1913, in Somervell County (Nemo, Texas) to Louis and Ethel (Mullen) Horton. The family moved to Floyd County in 1924. She married Walter Welch who preceded her in death in 1955. She later married Arthur Williams, who passed away in 1983. Maeclair and Walter lived in Floyd County where she was a homemaker. They moved to Plainview in 1950 where she remained until her death. She worked at Vick's Cleaners from 1956 until her retirement in 1988. She was a lifelong Baptist and belonged to Date Street Baptist and then to College Heights Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; one brother and three sisters. Survivors include one son, Troy Welch and wife Lawana; three granddaughters, Kim Clarke and husband David, Kay Stambaugh and husband Ronnie and Sue Patridge and husband Joel; two great-granddaughters, Laura Jo Klein and Ellen Clarke. Also surviving are three stepsons, Kenneth Williams, Bill Williams and Jerry Williams as well as five nephews and five nieces. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the College Heights Baptist Building Fund. Online condolences may be made at www.lemonsfunerals.com