The Longview Daily News, Nov. 7, 1930:

W.M. WELCH, age 71, died Nov 7, 1930 early in the morning, of a heart attack. Mr. Welch 
was born in Alexandria City, Alabama on Jan 28, 1859, the oldest of 6 children. He married 
Miss Lula Thomas of Mexia and they had 7 children: W.E. Welch of Dayton OH; Thornton H. 
Welch, O. Thomas Welch, and Alfred Welch all of Longview; Mrs. Earl D. Smith of Parlin NJ, 
Mrs. J.D. Baldridge of Little Rock, and Mrs. Luther O. Grounds of Winnsboro. Welch moved 
to Longview 24 years prior after several  years’ residence in  Memphis, and entered the 
undertaking and hardware business.