Welty, Jerry Wayne 

Funeral services for Jerry Wayne Welty, 63, of Liberty City, will be held 
at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 9, 2006, at the First United Methodist Church, 
with the Revered David Lindwall officiating. Burial will follow in Rosewood 
Park under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. Mr. Welty was 
born August 1, 1943, in Fort Worth. He passed away September 6, 2006, in 
Alvarado. He graduated from Alvarado High School in 1961, attended Navarro 
Junior College in Corsicana, and graduated with a bachelor of science degree 
from Trinity University in San Antonio in 1966. Mr. Welty attended the 
University of Texas Graduate School and Stephen F. Austin Graduate School, 
receiving his master of education, mid-management certification, and 
superintendent certification. Jerry taught and coached in San Antonio for 
eight years before moving to Longview, where he was the defensive 
coordinator for the Longview Lobos from 1974-1980, then LISD ninth grade 
principal for four years. He then moved to Sabine Independent School District, 
serving as principal for Sabine Junior High School for six years and became 
superintendent of schools for Sabine ISD in 1990, from which he retired in 
1998. Jerry was a member of the Texas Association of Secondary School 
Principals, Sabine Parents and Teachers Organization, Association of Secondary 
Curriculum Development, Texas Associations of School Superintendents, was an 
administrative board member of First United Methodist Church of Longview, 
coached girls soccer teams in Longview Soccer Association, boys baseball for 
the Longview Baseball Association, and refereed basketball for Southwest 
Basketball Officials Association. Jerry will be remembered for his intensity 
on the football field, his loyalty to his friends and family, his ethics, his 
strong moral character, and his compassion and tenderness for others. Jerry 
was preceded in death by his father, Wilber Owen Welty. He is survived by his 
wife of 42 years, Jill Suzette McNutt Welty of Liberty City; daughters and 
sons-in-law, Julie Michelle and Thien B. Nguyen, and Janice Suzette and Terry 
R. Petree; granddaughters, Madeline Mai Nguyen, Alyssa Ly Nguyen, Renee Alyse 
Petree, and Rachel Anne Petree; grandson, Tai Welty Nguyen; his mother, LaRue 
Welty of Alvarado; brothers and sisters-in-law, Rollie Earl and Cary Welty of 
Sydney, James Owen and Patricia Welty of Alvarado, and Gilbert Dale and 
Darlene Welty of Freer; 18 nieces and nephews; and 17 grand-nieces and nephews. 
In search for the best quality of life during Jerry's last stages of Alzheimer's, 
his last 11 months were spent at Alvarado Meadows Rehabilitation Center in 
Alvarado, where he received wonderful care and compassion from the staffs at 
AMRC and Odyssey Hospice of Waxahachie, and Dr. Slutter of Cleburne. The 
professionals not only took such great care on Jerry through very difficult 
times, but also took care of his family. For this, his family extends its 
greatest "Thank You." The family also thanks Annie Mae Smith and Douglas R. 
Cox for their extraordinary help and support while Jerry lived at home with 
Alzheimer's. The family requests that memorial contributions be made in honor 
of Mr. Welty to Odyssey Hospice, 2001 Bates, Suite 400, Waxahachie, TX 75157; 
or Alzheimer's Alliance of Northeast Texas Inc., 3616 S. Broadway, Suite 401, 
Tyler, TX 75701, for community services and research, or online at www.alz.org. 
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday evening, September 8, 2006, 
at the funeral home at 1617 Judson Road. A memorial guestbook may be signed 
online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 9/8/2006.