Clinton Calhoun Welborn Jr.

Clinton Calhoun Welborn, Jr. Calhoun Welborn, 90, passed away on November 28, 2013 at his home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, December 2, 2013 at Memory Chapel in Laurel. Visitation will be Monday, December 2, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. until 2 p.m. A private Military Order burial will follow the service in the Welborn Family Cemetery in Shady Grove. Calhoun was a graduate of Shady Grove High School. He furthered his education at Jones County Junior College and Mississippi State University. He was a World War II. veteran, who proudly served his country with the U. S. Army Air Force, reaching the status of Staff Sargent. He was a tail gunner on the B-24 Liberator which flew 27 missions over Germany. He retired in 1982 as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service with over thirty years of service. He considered himself blessed to have enjoyed 31 years of retirement filled with traveling, farming, raising cattle, and spending time with his family. Being an enthusiastic patriot, Calhoun would often speak to students about his World War II. experience. He was a member of First Baptist Church-Shady Grove where he served as an outreach minister for many years, the American Legion, the VFW, Jones County Genealogical and Historical Organization, and the Jacob Hogar Chapter of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution. In 2011, he was awarded The War Service Medal from the National Sons of the American Revolution. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clinton Calhoun Welborn, Sr. and Martha Gast Welborn; brother, Richard Hillyer Welborn, and sister, Patricia Welborn Teel. Survivors include his loving wife of 60 years, Reba Ontee Sumrall Welborn; son, David Clinton Welborn(Cynthia); daughter, Janet Welborn Staples(Ben); grandchildren, Kyle Welborn White, Clint Welborn, Jerod Staples, Jacob Staples, and Abby Staples Thaxton; great-grandchildren, Dagan, Eli, Cooper White, Benjamin Staples, and Lillian Staples; all of Laurel, sister, Gretchen Tanner(Reet); of Live Oak, Florida, and his faithful canines, Chip and Jack. Pallbearers will be Ben Staples, Jerod Staples, Jacob Staples, Brandon Thaxton, Clint Welborn, Dagan White, Eli White, and Josh White. Honorary pallbearers will be Cooper White, Benjamin Staples, and The Sons of the American Revoulation. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Extra-Ordinary Kids c/o South Central Regional Medical Center Foundation P.O. Box 607 Laurel, MS 39441 Memory Chapel of Laurel is in charge of services.

Clinton Calhoun Welborn Jr.

June 16, 1923 - November 28, 2013