WELCH, JR., Newton Gentry Age 68 of Goodlettsville, TN, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2012. Mr. Welch was born in Nashville, TN on September 19, 1944 to Newton G. Sr. and Pauline Welch. He was owner of Electric Service Inc., Industrial Sales Co., Inc. and Memories of the Eye Photography. He also served as manager of Newton Motor Co. He served as president and secretary of the Middle Tennessee Industrial Distributors Association. He was a member of St. Luke Cumberland Presbyterian Church, an ordained minister of the Nazarene Church. He served as a deacon and elder in the Presbyterian Church, and enjoyed singing, dancing and performing. He was also a member of the Amalgamated Order of the Red Bearded Santas. He was a family man and enjoyed working and photography. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Kathleen Welch; son, Newton G. (Mary Kendall) Welch III; daughters, Jennifer Eklond and Laura Ashley (Judson) Pyatt; grandchildren, Newton G. IV and Natalie G. Welch, Jonathan and Jenna Kathryn Eklond, Lilly and Lincoln Pyatt; sister, Lois (Lanny) McGowan; and mother-in-law, Genevieve D. Lish. A celebration of Mr. Welch's life will be conducted at 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 24, 2012 from the Chapel of Spring Hill Funeral Home, with Rev. Don Winn and Rev. Dwayne Tyus officiating. Ronnie Harbison, Odie Foxall, Jack Ludy, Chuck Williams, Brian Dunlap, Charles Jewell, John Allen and Robert Parrish will serve as Pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 and from 2 p.m. until 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, prior to the service at Spring Hill Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice. SPRING HILL FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY, 5110 Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN (615) 865-1101.

Published in The Tennessean on October 23, 2012