Welton Dwaine (Slim) Balthrop

Funeral services for Welton Dwaine (Slim) Balthrop, 65, of Myra, are set for 10:00 AM Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Eddie Ramsey officiating. Burial will follow in the Rosston Cemetery.

Visitation is set for Monday, July 6, 2009 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the funeral home.

Mr. Balthrop died Friday, July 3, 2009, at the North Texas Medical Center in Gainesville.

Mr. Balthrop was born on March 8, 1944 in Muenster to Weldon James and Gladys Bell Durham Balthrop.

Survivors include his wife Barbara Holt Balthrop of Myra, daughter Nancy Rogers of Gainesville, son and daughter in law Bobby and Radawn Balthrop of Gainesville, and daughter and son in law Betty and Robert Brumme of Whitesboro, sister and brother in law Sybil and Bud Upchurch of Bisbee, AZ, brother and sister in law James and Billie Balthrop of Myra, sister Anna Kirk of Rosston, brother and sister in law Rodney and Carolyn Balthrop of Rosston, sister and brother in law Sandra and Garland Lehman of Iowa Park, and brother Kenneth Balthrop of Rosston. He is also survived by grand children, Danielle and Miranda Rogers, Travis Baysden, Sarai, Rachel, and Rawlei Balthrop, and Crystal and Joshua Brumme.

He is preceded in death by his parents, brother Jerry Balthrop, and brothers in law David Kirk and Ray Smith.

Pallbearers are nephews Tracy and Dustin Lehman, Gary, Rick, Jerry, and Jeff Balthrop, Timmy and Jeff Scott, and David Wayne Kirk.

Honorary Pallbearers are Wylie Lewis, Jim Sutton, Wesley Booker, Gary Gieb, Lynn McAden, and Bill Winter.