Jeff Davis Welch

Jeff D. Welch Jr., age 94, of Fayetteville died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, in Fayetteville. He was born Jan. 22, 1918, in Havana, Ark., to Jeff Davis Welch Sr. and Maude Ferguson Welch. He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn B. Welch; his parents; one sister, Reba Welch; and one brother, Ewell Welch. He is survived by three daughters, Martha Ann Engelberger and her husband, Charles of Springfield, Va.; Caroline Kestner and her husband, Rodney of Fayetteville, Ark.; Rebecca Jane Doncer and her husband, Richard of North Little Rock, Ark.; one son, Jeff Butler Welch and his wife, Sherian L. of Jacksonville, Ark.; eight grandchildren, Charles Engelberger, John Engelberger, Kevin Kestner, Brent Kestner, Lauren Meeks, Phillip Doncer, Jeff Welch II and Olivia Welch; and eight great-grandchildren. Family will receive guests 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at Havana Presbyterian Church. Funeral service will be 2 p.m., Saturday at the Western Yell County Church of Christ in Havana, Ark., with burial at Havana Cemetery under the direction of Cornwell Funeral Home in Danville, Ark.