Bessie Welch

Caruthersville, MO. -- BESSIE R. WELCH, 75, OF CARUTHERSVILLE DIED TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2005, AT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HOSPITAL.

SHE WAS BORN JULY 22, 1929, IN CARUTHERSVILLE, DAUGHTER OF JAMES AND MYRTLE DOSTER SIDES.

WELCH WAS EMPLOYED BY THE BROWN SHOE CO. AND AS A COOK. SHE WAS A BOY SCOUT LEADER AND A MEMBER OF THE TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH, TEACHING SUNDAY SCHOOL.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO SONS, JIMMIE CRITTENDEN OF MILLERSVILLE, VERLIN FORD OF CAPE GIRARDEAU; THREE DAUGHTERS, ANN TUCKER AND CAROL MARSHALL, BOTH OF SIKESTON, MO., TERESA MCKEEVER OF JACKSONVILLE, FLA.; THREE SISTERS, ALINE GOSS OF CARUTHERSVILLE, KATHLEEN SIDES OF SIKESTON, LUCILLE WINTERS OF DYERSBURG, TENN.; SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN; AND 12 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

BURIAL WAS AT THE LITTLE PRAIRIE CEMETERY IN CARUTHERSVILLE.