To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 11/8/21 • Approved: 11/8/21 • Last Updated: 11/11/21 • R1400107-G1400106-S3
Helen F. French Welborn
September 23, 1931 - September 22, 2015
Love Mausoleum
*Obituary
legacy.com
Helen F. Welborn, 83, Beloved wife, mother and grandmother of Mountain Home went to be with the Lord, Tuesday September 22, 2015, after a courageous battle against cancer. Helen was born September 23, 1931, in Augusta, Arkansas to the late Ewell and Ruby French. She married Jim T. Welborn on March 26, 1954.
Helen began teaching in 1953, and continued until moving to Mountain Home in 1960. She was devoted to her family, church and community. A longtime member of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Helen taught Sunday School, was involved in the Women's groups, the church board, committees, and other opportunities for service. She was a member of Club Cosmopolitan, a ladies service organization, whose mission was to improve the community, including starting the first kindergarten in Mountain Home.
Helen is survived by her husband Dr. Jim T. Welborn, daughters Laura (Ron) Proctor of Flippin, Mary Patton of Tulsa, OK and Saundra (Jeff) Rueppel of Woodstock, GA; grandchildren Jennifer (Beau) Barnes, Zach (Rachel) Proctor, Sarah (Cassie) Patton, Catherine and Sydney Rueppel; great grandchildren Ruby and Gavin Barnes; and sister-in-law Delores French. She is preceded in death by her parents and a brother Jimmy French.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 26, 2015, at Disciples of Christ First Christian Church of Mountain Home. A visitation will be Friday from Noon until 9:00 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Entombment will be in Baxter Memorial Gardens.
Arrangements are by Roller Funeral Home.
Contributed on 11/8/21 by ashaw444
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 1400107
Location/GPS: View Map