1930 - 2021 (91 years)
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| Name |
Amos Glenn WELDER |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Birth |
29 Jan 1930 |
Beeville, Bee, Texas, USA  [1, 2] |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Religion |
Roman Catholic |
| Education |
B.S., A&M College of Texas, 1950 (Animal Husbandry) |
| Occupation |
Business Owner |
| Death |
12 May 2021 |
Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA [2] |
| Burial |
19 May 2021 |
Saint Joseph Cemetery, Beeville, Bee, Texas, USA [2] |
| Person ID |
I57906 |
Dyal and Speckels |
| Last Modified |
30 Oct 2022 |
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| Notes |
- “The second child and only son of Raemona Wood Welder and Amos Glenn Welder Sr., Amos was born in Beeville, Texas on January 29, 1930. A fifth generation Texan and lifelong Bee County resident, Amos was a rancher as were his Welder and Wood ancestors. He had great respect for the wildlife, the history and the preservation of the land.
“After graduation from A.C. Jones High School, he enrolled in Texas A and M University (B.S. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Class ‘50) and was a very proud member of the A and M Corp of Cadets. He graduated with the rank of Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. Amos always carried the Spirit of Texas A and M in his heart.
“As an officer in the Air Force, Amos served at Davis-Mountain Air Force Base. He continued his service as a Bomb Squad officer during the time of the Korean War.
“As a devout Catholic and a lifetime parishioner of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Amos served on the Parish Council and as a steward of St. Joseph Cemetery. He cleared and surveyed the cemetery and was very proud of the many oak trees he planted.
“He served as member of the Texas A and M Alumni Club, the Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and the Beeville Country Club.
“He was the owner of Amos Welder Sales in Beeville where he served as President from 1976-2019. He was also a member of the American Precast Association.
“His interests and curiosity about learning new projects never ended. He pursued all hobbies with great intensity and gusto. He was an advanced rosarian and lifelong arborist. He once grew 250 types of antique roses and 17 varieties of oaks in his back yard on North Adams Street. His great joys were his family, his coffee groups, and Aggie football.
“His humor could easily be called legendary. Once he flew a plane to La Pesca, Mexico with John Elder and several good friends. After three days without a bite, they returned to Beeville totally empty handed. To avoid the embarrassment of facing Beeville, they went and bought a string of large fish and proudly posed for pictures with their great ‘trophy catch from Mexico.’ Today, the picture still hangs at Elder’s Country Store & Market in Beeville.” [2]
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| Sources |
- [S220] Ancestry.com, Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1932, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), File No. 288.
- [S3923] Galloway and Sons Funeral Home, Obituary for Amos Glenn Welder, Jr.
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