Linda

Welch

Linda Kay (Bruce) Welch passed away at her home in Ochlocknee, Georgia on November 28, 2023.

She was born January 18, 1953, in Atlanta, Georgia to Wilfred & Peggy Jean Bruce.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Peggy Jean Thornburg, Bruce and Wilfred Bruce, husband, Ronnie Glenn Welch, brothers, Robert Wilfred Bruce, Charles Randall Bruce and one sister, Brenda Joyce Bruce, her Grandparents, Odell and Ruby Thornburg who raised her, and John & Margaret Bruce, and her paternal Grandparents.

She is survived by two sons, Robert Rogers, and Jason Rogers (Chris) of Colorado, Stepson, Matthew Welch, her Grandchildren, Destiny Rogers Gray and Zachary Rogers, one great granddaughter, Ashleigh Gray, sisters, Marcia Thomas of Tennessee, Mary Gonzalez of California and one brother, Mike Bruce of Georgia, as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins, and special friend Richard Johnsey and Debora Johnsey of Alabama, and Barbara Yentzer and Norma Bryant.

She was Retired from The State of Georgia serving as an avid Mental Health Advocate and was actively serving on the Board, and working for the Consumer Network for Mental Health. She attended Springville High School, graduating in 1971 as an Honor Student, never missing one day at school. She enjoyed traveling, with her favorite place being the Tennessee mountains, working in her yard and best of all, her cat, "Little Bit."

She had a bright shining light for everyone, always available to help everyone she could. She will be incredibly missed and always loved, and we will see her again in Paradise.

Arrangements are at Whiddon-Shiver Funeral Home.