Morris Kay Weldon's Obituary
Funeral service for, Morris Kay Weldon, 82, of Pitkin, LA will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, July 21, 2014, at Smyrna Baptist Church in Sugartown, LA, with Rev. Frank Ott, Elder Chad Boone and Rev. Tim Lee officiating. Burial will follow in Smyrna Cemetery in Sugartown, LA under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of DeRidder, LA. Morris passed from this life on Friday, July 18, 2014, in DeRidder Retirement and Rehab Center in DeRidder, LA.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, July 20, 2014, beginning at 2:00 PM until 10:00 PM at the church.
Mr. Weldon was born on October 14, 1931, to Joe and Nancy Stracener Weldon in Sugartown, LA, where he lived most of his life. He was formerly employed with Beauregard Electric CO-OP, Inc., Welborn Construction and Kulaga Construction. He had also been employed as a school bus driver for Vernon Parish School Board for thirteen years. He was a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps serving during the Korean War. He was a member of Smyrna Baptist Church where he was a deacon and Sunday School Superintendent for over fifty years. He was a Mason and member of Sam Todd Lodge #182 in Sugartown, LA for fifty years. Morris was a member of “The Glory Bound Four” quartet.
He is survived by his wife of thirty-seven years Patricia Ann Weldon of Pitkin, LA; three sons, Nolen Weldon and wife Kimberly of Cole Central, LA, Shane Weldon and wife Jennifer of Sugartown, and Gregory Corum and wife Julie of Pitkin; two daughters, Judy Weldon and husband Ronald Cooley of DeRidder, LA, and Sis Boone and husband Chad of Hicks, LA; eight grandchildren; three sisters, Jean Cox and Delora Gill of Pitkin, and Elva June Craft of DeQuincy, LA. He was preceded in death by his parents, grandson, Jody Weldon, brothers, Jimmie Joe Weldon and Melvin Weldon, and sister, Doris Mae Slaydon.
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