The body will be placed in the church at 10. Burial will be in Troy Cemetery. Pallbearers are John Lee Jones, Jimmy Strom, Frank Devore, Robert Harper, Sam Riley, Henry Deason, Lee Jones and Roger Davis. Honorary escorts are Arlie Capps, Raymond Kittles, Maxie Escoe, Jim Ravencraft, John Henry Young, Frank Wardlaw, Perry Chamberlain, Clyde Blizzard, Alvin Johnson, Jimmy Peeler, Giles Daniel, Jim Voiselle, Pete Edwards, Truman Campbell, James Bryson Jr., Randy Creswell and Travis Blizzard. Visitation is from 10-11 Thursday in the church social hall.
Family members are at their respective homes.
Memorials may be made to Troy United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 158, Troy, S.C. 29848. Blyth Funeral Home, Greenwood, is in charge. Born in Greenwood County, he was a son of the late Charlie Welton Sr. and Hattie Radden Welton. He was a retiree of Greenwood Mills and a World War II Navy veteran. A member of Mount Tabor Baptist Church, he was also a former deacon, a former assistant church treasurer and a former member of the Usher Board and the choir.