Fannie M. Slone Welch, 88, passed away August 10, 2015 in Brownfield, Texas. She was born March 2, 1927 in Gulf, Texas to Frank E. Weaver and Georgia Mullins Weaver.

She attended school in Gulf, Matagorda, Bay City and Blessing. She was a graduate of Massey Business College in Houston, Texas. Fannie Merle married Theodore (Ted) Wilson Slone July 6, 1944 at the Baptist Encampment in Palacios, Texas. They lived in Collegeport and Seadrift the in 1952 made their home in Edna, Texas where they lived until Ted's death in 1985. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Edna, helping with many activities. She belonged to several clubs in Edna. She helped organize The Garden Club and was a Charter Member of the Cordie Whitfield Study Club which was organized in 1956 and continued to be a member until she moved in 1987. She was also a member of the Edna Art Guild and was proud that artist Dalhart Windberg was their instructor. She was an active member in the Aggie Mother's Club while Ted, Jr. was attending Texas A&M. She loved traveling abroad and in the US with her children, as well as gardening (she loved her flowers) and birding. Once her children were all in school, she started working outside the home. She was a bookkeeper for a grain elevator one harvest, then went to work as Secretary of their church. She later worked for May's Furniture Store in Edna, then worked for Kamin's Furniture Store in Victoria, for seventeen years. Fannie Merle later married Don Welch and moved to Wharton, Texas. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Wharton and enjoyed singing in the choir. She was a volunteer at Wharton Manor for over twenty years, bringing the devotional for their Wednesday morning Bible studies. Due to health problems, she moved to Norman Oklahoma in 2007, to live near a daughter and later moved to Brownfield, Texas to live near another daughter.

Fannie Merle is preceded in death by her parents; husband Theodore (Ted) Slone; sisters Loueen Simpson and Yvonne Kuykendall and brother Frank E. Weaver. She is survived by her children, Dr. Theodore (Ted) Slone, Jr. and wife Patti of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Frances (Frankie) Leona Walker and husband Gary of Plains, Texas, Catherine Darlene Mercer of Norman, Oklahoma and John Ralph Slone of Atlanta, Georgia; sisters Nola Guest of The Woodlands, Texas and Anne Carrington of San Marcos, Texas; nine grandchildren and twenty great- grandchildren and long-time family friend Roger Salz.

The family would like to thank the wonderful caregivers at Cottage Village in Brownfield, that were so sweet and kind to Fannie Merle. The family would also like to thank Legacy of Love Hospice of Littlefield for their care, guidance and support.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, August 13, 2015 from 1:00-2:30pm at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at 3:30pm at Palacios Cemetery with Bro. Jim Shamburger of First Baptist Church Victoria, Texas officiating.