Lawrence Eugene Welborn

Lawrence “Larry” Eugene Welborn, 72, of Danville, VA, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Danville Regional Medical Center. He was married to Emma “Peggy” (Hammack) Welborn. Visitation will be from 7:00 until 8:30 pm, Thursday, May 14 at Wrenn-Yeatts, North Main Chapel in Danville. Funeral services for Larry will be held at 1:00 pm, Friday, May 15 at Ringgold Baptist Church with the Reverend Duane Caldwell officiating. Burial will follow at Hollywood Baptist Church Cemetery in Chatham, VA. Larry was born December 3, 1942 in Denver, Colorado to Morris Frank and Maurine Shirley (Smith) Welborn. He grew up in Denver and San Leandro, California and graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1964. Larry started his career as an Officer in the Civil Engineer Corps of the US Navy and later reached the rank of Captain in the US Naval Reserve. He served in many positions as a civil and mining engineer, including graduate education at the Colorado School of Mines and serving as a professor on the faculty at Michigan Technological University. Larry and his wife Peggy were residents of Pittsylvania county for the last 25 years and he served on the Pittsylvania County Planning Commission. Larry was active in the community and served with Habitat for Humanity in the Danville area. He and his wife Peggy were members at Ringgold Baptist Church and they were members of the Dan River Ruritan Club. Larry was an Eagle Scout as a young man and later served helping to lead Boy Scouts in Ringgold. He had a great love of the outdoors and enjoyed sharing it with his family and others. Larry was a member of the Danville Model Railroad Club and he also enjoyed reading, working outdoors and spending time with his family and grandchildren. Larry is survived by his wife Peggy Welborn of Danville, his two daughters, Jennifer Maurine Welborn and husband Jeff, of North Stonington, CT; Christine Marie Tarne and husband Bob, of Lexington, KY; and two sons, Matthew Lee Welborn and wife Kim, of Cary, NC; and Kenneth Morris Welborn and wife Anna, of Charlottesville, VA. Larry had twenty grandchildren and great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his brother Morris “Pete” Welborn, and sisters Ardith Lynne Armstrong and Stephanie Brown, all living in California. Memorials may be made to the Habitat for Humanity or the Boy Scouts of America.

Lawrence Eugene Welborn

December 3, 1942 - May 9, 2015