Mary Frances Stone Welch

MARY FRANCES STONE WELCH Myrtle Beach, SC MARY FRANCES STONE WELCH, 77, of Myrtle Beach, formerly of Florence, died Monday, April 4, 2011 in a Conway health care facility after an illness. Ms. Welch was born in Florence Co., SC a daughter of the late Arthur Benjamin "Ossie" Stone and Vonnie Viola Barnhill Stone.She was a former member of the Florence Baptist Temple in Florence and currently a member of Parkway Community Baptist Church in Myrtle Beach where she was a loving caregiver, loved cooking for the church activities and was known as Nana, the church grandma. She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter Teressa Hart, who died August 2005; brothers, Arthur Ben Stone, Alvin Stone, Raymond Stone and Bully Stone. Surviving are her children, Sharal Welch of Coward, Robert (Nan) Welch of Lynchburg, VA, Marie (Barry) Frick of Coward and Rev. Mike (Sandy) Welch of Myrtle Beach and their father, Charlie "Bud" Welch of Florence; son-in-law, Robby Hart of Mechanicsville; sisters, Vonnie Leigh of Bucksport, SC, Geraldine Kiker of Florence and Chris Rabon of Columbia; grandchildren, Bryan Rabon, Robert Mitch Way, Keesler Welch, Kristina Welch, Jay Frick, Heather Frick, Ethan Welch, Mary Elisabeth Gant, Andrew Welch, Seth Welch, Josh Hart and Anna Hart; great-grandchildren, Barrett Jacob Frick and Madeline Gant and a number of nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Parkway Community Baptist Church Building Fund, PO Box 30030, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, April 7, 2011 in the Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home Chapel.Burial will follow in Florence Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 – 8 PM Wednesday at the funeral home. Please sign the guest registry for Ms. Welch at the obit section of www.stoudenmiredowling.com.