June 24, 1965 –  April 16, 2014  A memorial service for Gainesville resident, Lanita Sue Welch, 48, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 19th at The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints. She died at River Valley Health and Rehab Center Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Lanita was born June 24, 1965 in Lubbock, Texas, to the late Lonnie and Inita Reed. She had worked as a dispatcher for the police and sheriff’s department.
Survivors include sons, Zachary Tayler Reed of Gainesville, Jonathan “Cody” Welch of Denton and Nicholas L. Welch of Gainesville and brother, Lonnie L. Reed of Sanger. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Paula J. Davis.

Cremation is under the direction of Meador-Clement-Keel Funeral Home.