BEULAH HORTON
BEULAH EDNA HORTON OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI WAS BORN THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1915 IN WORTHAM, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN AND NETTIE (DIXON) WELCH. BEULAH DIED THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2000 AT HOME AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND TWELVE DAYS.
BEULAH WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE ON MAY 15, 1933 IN WORTHAM, MISSOURI TO THE LATE HAROLD B. HORTON.
BEULAH IS SURVIVED BY FIVE DAUGHTERS, BARBARA WHITE AND HUSBAND EMMETT OF PIEDMONT, MISSOURI, BRENDA MCLEOD OF POTOSI, BELINDA MCLEOD AND HUSBAND JOE OF IRONDALE, JOYCE ONEAIL AND HUSBAND EDWARD GALE OF IRONDALE, KAREN BARTON OF IRONDALE; TWO SONS, HAROLD "DALE" HORTON AND WIFE DIANE OF IRONDALE, KENNETH HORTON AND WIFE DEANNA OF BONNE TERRE; THIRTY GRANDCHILDREN, SEVENTY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 17 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; FOUR BROTHERS, BILL WELCH OF BISMARCK, WALTER WELCH OF LEBANON, MISSOURI, HOWARD WELCH AND WIFE LINDA OF LEBANON, MISSOURI, RAY WELCH OF LEBANON, MISSOURI; THREE SISTERS, BERTHA LAWSON OF DAVIS CROSSING, MISSOURI, DOROTHY HAYNES OF HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI, VIRGINIA PRESNELL OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; TWO BROTHERS-IN-LAW, C.P. LILLY OF GUMBO, MISSOURI AND BOB YOUNG OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; THREE SISTERS-IN-LAW, BETTY HORTON OF IRONDALE, JUNE HAMPTON AND HUSBAND ERNEST OF IRONDALE AND ELEANOR DITTMAN OF DESLOGE AND BY MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND, SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE GRANDSON, ONE GRANDDAUGHTER, ONE GREAT GREAT GRANDSON AND BY ONE SISTER, DORELLA MARTIN.
BEULAH WAS A FIFTY YEAR MEMBER OF THE IRONDALE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH. SHE WAS A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE CHURCH WHERE SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WAS TREASURER FOR THE CHURCH. BEULAH LOVED MUSIC AND TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN LEADING THE CHURCH CHOIR.
BEULAH LOVED TO SHARE HER TALENTS IN THE KITCHEN AND ENJOYED COOKING. SHE ALWAYS SHARED HER TALENTS OF QUILTING WITH HER MANY FAMILY MEMBERS.
BEULAH HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND WAS ALWAYS PROUD TO GIVE HER TIME BABY SITTING FOR THEM. SHE HAD A LOVING HEART, OPEN ARMS AND A CARING SMILE FOR FAMILY OR FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2000, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN IRONDALE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2000, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND PAUL DAVID AND REVEREND BOB ADAMS. BURIAL WAS IN BIG RIVER CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, CHRIS HILL, KIRBY SANSOUCIE, PAT HORTON, RON WHITE, JASON MCLEOD, CHARLIE HALBERT, FLOYD PORTELL AND KEVIN TODD.