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Thomas Cooper Welch III
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Born in Charleston, South Carolina on Mar. 7, 1939 and
Departed on Apr. 18, 2012
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Monday, Apr. 23, 2012
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012
11:00 am
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Greenwich Cemetery
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Thomas Cooper Welch III
Thomas Cooper Welch III, 73, died Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at St. Joseph's Hospital. He was born on James Island, South Carolina, son of Thomas Cooper Welch Jr. and Kennon Smathers Welch. Mr. Welch attended Clemson University where he became a member of Tau Beta Pi, received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and became a lifetime member of ASME. After graduation, he served as a Captain in the United States Army on active duty during the Cuban Missile Crisis and later in reserve status. He was retired from International Paper (formerly Union Camp Corporation) as an engineer. During his tenure, he served as Director, Project 913 which gave the Savannah Mill the ability to fire coal as an alternative to gas and oil. He became General Superintendent, Power Maintenance and Engineering, in 1982 making him responsible for the mill maintenance budget and the operating budget for the Power Department. Mr. Welch later became Director of Pulp and Paper Projects, Corporate Engineering Division, where he successfully completed 13 projects in three locations at a cost of $500 million dollars. Mr. Welch was an avid boatman who spent many hours on the Wilmington River and Intracoastal Waterway. He was also a voracious reader who rarely went anywhere without a book in hand. He was a member of the Coastal Heritage Society, the Liberty Hunting Club, The Forest City Gun Club and was an active and faithful member of Grace Church of the Islands. Above all, he was a devoted husband and proud grandfather.
Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Lucia Walpole Welch of Savannah; son, Thomas Cooper Welch IV (Mayra) of Savannah; daughters, Lucia Welch Reed (Jeff) of Columbus, Georgia; Susan Welch Barry (Joel) of Savannah; five grandsons – LCPL Thomas Cooper Welch V, Robert Ian Welch (Julia), John Luis Welch, Charles Joel Barry Jr., and Steven Isaac Barry; and one great-grandson – David Benjamin Welch.
Visitation: 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Monday, April 23, 2012 at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Islands Chapel.
Funeral: 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Grace Church of the Islands conducted by Reverend T. Brannon Bowman.
Burial: The Greenwich Section of Bonaventure Cemetery.
Remembrances: Grace Church of the Islands, P.O. Box 30775, Savannah, Georgia 31410.
Please sign our online guestbook at www.foxandweeks.com
Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Islands Chapel
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