Doris Faye Welch

Doris Faye Welch, 87, of Orange, passed away on July 15, 2021, at her home.

Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday July 19, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church and Pastor Dale Lee of Cowboy Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.

Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Texarkana, Texas, on February 3, 1934, she was the daughter of Wilson Wright and Agnes (Cunningham) Wright. Doris was an office manager for Palais Royal for over 40 years. She was a lifelong member of Little Cypress Baptist Church and most recently Cowboy Church of Orange. Doris adored her church family and loved attending mission trips with Little Cypress Baptist Church as well as cooking for them. She was known as everyone’s “Granny” and loved them like her own. Doris volunteered in her spare time as a candy striper with Baptist Hospital in Orange. She loved her country and was a proud American. Doris was a loving wife, mother, and Granny and will be dearly missed by those who knew and loved her.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 47 years, Jimmy L. Welch, Jr., parents, Wilson and Agnes Wright; 5 siblings; and grandson, Charles Allen Bergt II.

She is survived by her children, Charles Bergt and wife Sherri of Orange and Carol Theriot of Alabama; 7 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; 1 great great grandchild; and numerous other loving family and friends.

Serving as pallbearers will be Blake Anderson, Brian Allan, Steve Dennis, David Davis, Jimmy Bergt, and Jimmy Bergt, II.