Rev. T.L. (Tellie Lee) Belcher of Birds was pronounced dead on arrival at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. He was 72 and became ill while attending service in Birds Free Methodist Church, apparently suffering a fatal heart attack.
He was a retired Free Methodist minister with 45 years of pastoral services in the churches at Tunnell Hill, Tennyson, Birds, West Salem, Decker, St. Francisville and Flat Rock.
Born in Crawford County, Ind., April 11, 1905, he was the son of John and Katherine (Engelman) Belcher. February 25, 1932, he was married to Hazel M. Knight who survives him.
Also surviving are one son, Loren Belcher of Hazelton, Ind.; two daughters, Mrs. Wendell Steffey of Rt. 1 Flat Rock and Vonda Belcher of Birds; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Two grandchildren preceded him in death.
Funeral rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Free Methodist Church in Birds with the Rev. Roger Johnson and the Rev. Morris Larymore officiating. Interment will follow in Lawrenceville Cemetery.
He was a retired Free Methodist minister with 45 years of pastoral services in the churches at Tunnell Hill, Tennyson, Birds, West Salem, Decker, St. Francisville and Flat Rock.
Born in Crawford County, Ind., April 11, 1905, he was the son of John and Katherine (Engelman) Belcher. February 25, 1932, he was married to Hazel M. Knight who survives him.
Also surviving are one son, Loren Belcher of Hazelton, Ind.; two daughters, Mrs. Wendell Steffey of Rt. 1 Flat Rock and Vonda Belcher of Birds; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Two grandchildren preceded him in death.
Funeral rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Free Methodist Church in Birds with the Rev. Roger Johnson and the Rev. Morris Larymore officiating. Interment will follow in Lawrenceville Cemetery.
Rev. T.L. (Tellie Lee) Belcher of Birds was pronounced dead on arrival at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. He was 72 and became ill while attending service in Birds Free Methodist Church, apparently suffering a fatal heart attack.
He was a retired Free Methodist minister with 45 years of pastoral services in the churches at Tunnell Hill, Tennyson, Birds, West Salem, Decker, St. Francisville and Flat Rock.
Born in Crawford County, Ind., April 11, 1905, he was the son of John and Katherine (Engelman) Belcher. February 25, 1932, he was married to Hazel M. Knight who survives him.
Also surviving are one son, Loren Belcher of Hazelton, Ind.; two daughters, Mrs. Wendell Steffey of Rt. 1 Flat Rock and Vonda Belcher of Birds; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Two grandchildren preceded him in death.
Funeral rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Free Methodist Church in Birds with the Rev. Roger Johnson and the Rev. Morris Larymore officiating. Interment will follow in Lawrenceville Cemetery.
He was a retired Free Methodist minister with 45 years of pastoral services in the churches at Tunnell Hill, Tennyson, Birds, West Salem, Decker, St. Francisville and Flat Rock.
Born in Crawford County, Ind., April 11, 1905, he was the son of John and Katherine (Engelman) Belcher. February 25, 1932, he was married to Hazel M. Knight who survives him.
Also surviving are one son, Loren Belcher of Hazelton, Ind.; two daughters, Mrs. Wendell Steffey of Rt. 1 Flat Rock and Vonda Belcher of Birds; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Two grandchildren preceded him in death.
Funeral rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Free Methodist Church in Birds with the Rev. Roger Johnson and the Rev. Morris Larymore officiating. Interment will follow in Lawrenceville Cemetery.
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