Larry Welte

BAXTER-Funeral services for Larry D. Welte, 75 of Baxter, will be Sunday, July 2 at 2 PM from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the G.V. Herren Family Cemetery in Silver Point. Bro. David Eldridge will officiate. Mr. Welte died Thursday, June 29, 2017 at his home. He was born October 2, 1941 in White County, Indiana to the late Arthur Corvin and Eva Pearl Baer Welte. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sister Audrey Ladd and a brother Robert Welte. He was in the Air Force Reserve. He was a retired Information Systems Manager with Institutional Wholesale (IWC) of Cookeville. He was a member of Samaria Church of Christ where he served as a deacon. He enjoyed farming, driving tractors and was an avid Boston Celtics basketball fan. Survivors include wife of 48 years, Sandra Jones Welte of Baxter (Married August 17, 1968 in Akron, Ohio), daughter and son-in-law Lisa and Eddie Bilbrey, sons and daughters-in-law Mark and Kimberly Welte all of Cookeville, Jeffrey and Jaime Welte of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, grandchildren: Emily, Luke and Brad Welte, sisters and a brother-in-law Norma Jean and Floyd Sickler of Idaville, IN, Lois Wright of Florida, Carolyn Lawson of Indiana. Bro. David Eldridge will officiate. Active Pallbearers will be Kenny Ramsey, Mike Herren, David Sickler, Danny Jones, Jimmy Carr and Barry Weber. Family will receive friends Saturday from 6 to 8 PM and after 12 Noon Sunday at the funeral home. Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements (931)858-2134. You may share your thoughts and memories at www.hhhfunerals.com