- Date Of Birth: May 16, 1948
- Date Of Death: December 7, 2022
- State: Florida
Paul Lambert Welch 74 of Niceville, FL went to be with his Lord and Savior on December 7th, 2022. He went peacefully in his home Wednesday morning after a hard-fought battle with Parkinson’s, he was surrounded by loved ones.
Paul was born in Baton Rouge, LA on May 16th, 1948. After graduating from Glen Oaks HS in 1966 he joined the Air Force, where he met the love of his life, Anna.
To know him was to love him. If you weren’t laughing with him, you were laughing at him and his tall tales.
He loved his wife, his two girls, and grandchildren, as well as his nieces and nephews who meant the world to him. Paul was the true definition of a loving husband and father who was extremely proud of his family. There wasn’t a dance recital, cheer competition, beauty pageant, or sporting event you didn’t see him and Anna in the stands cheering them on. He lived for his girls and grandchildren always putting them before anything else, family was always first for Paul.
Paul loved to hunt and fish especially with his children, grandchildren, and friends. He also had a passion for golf, loved playing with his Courthouse Group and friends at the Panama Country Club in Lynn Haven, FL; and talking about it with his friends at Edwin Watts Golf Shop.
He is proceeded in death by his parents Emanuel B Welch and Willie Caraway, and his sisters Gay Nell Deale and Vera Dear.
He is survived by his wife Anna, his daughters Shannon Welch, Stephanie Lafitte (Joe), grandchildren Shelby Howell, Shane Howell, Logan Lafitte, Kenley Lafitte, Mother-in-law, Lillian Welch, Siblings Ben Welch (Anita), Jerry Welch, Sarah Hamm (Bo) and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
