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REV. JOHNNIE PRESTON WELCH JR. Rev. Johnnie Preston Welch Jr., 71, Ekron, died Feb. 7, 2007, at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown. He was born Feb. 17, 1935, the son of Johnnie Preston Sr. and Sarah Kinnes Welch. He was the former pastor of Zion Grove Baptist Church and Guston Missionary Baptist Church, sang in the mass choir and male chorus, was head of vacation Bible school for many years, was currently associate pastor of Zion Grove and a member of Hardin Lodge #46, F&AM. Rev. Welch is survived by his wife, Lucretia Clarkson Welch; three children, Joseph (Judy) Welch Sr., Hardinsburg, Wanda (Robert) Welch, Ekron, and John Louis (Martha) Welch, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 10 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Feb. 11 from Zion Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Glen Gordon and Rev. Lorenzo Lovejoy officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, directed by Hager Funeral Home.
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