Jean Sallee' Vance Welsh Obituary (1934

Mrs. Betty Jean Sallee' Vance Welsh, age 91 of Madison, Indiana, entered this life on May 31, 1934 in Junction City, Kentucky. She was the loving daughter of the late Lyons Milburn and Mattie Alma Shoemaker Sallee'. She moved to Jefferson County, Indiana in the 1940's, and attended Ivy Tech Community College. On November 3, 1950, she was united in marriage to Billy Joe Vance in Lovett, Indiana. This union was blessed with two daughters, Patricia and Pamela, and one son, Brian. They spent nearly 30 years together when Billy Joe passed away on July 3, 1980. Jean retired from Madison State Hospital after 22 years as a psychiatric attendant. Previously, she worked at Arvins in North Vernon, Indiana. Also, she was the co-owner of Frisch's Restaurant in Madison. On November 14, 2005, she married Arthur "Art" Welsh in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. They shared over 12 happy years together until Art's death on April 27, 2018. Jean was a member of Seventh-day Adventist in North Vernon. She enjoyed working in her flower garden, doing yard work, traveling, and especially spending time with her grandchildren, family and friends. Jean died on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at 3:20 a.m. at her residence in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Jean will be missed by her loving daughters, Patricia Ann Turner of Hanover, Indiana, and Pamela Jo Lyle Ludlow, Kentucky; her daughter-in-law, Nancy Buxton Vance of Mooresville, Indiana; 6 grandchildren, Jessica, Jennifer, Jacob, Joel, Alyson, and Chris; 3 great-grandchildren; her sisters, Ann Johnson of Woodbury, Tennessee; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Lyons Milburn Sallee', her mother, Mattie Alma Shoemaker Sallee', her first husband, Billy Joe Vance, her second husband, Arthur "Art" Welsh, her sons, Steven Dale Vance, died February 5, 1958 and Brian Wayne Vance, died April 12, 2017, her brothers, James Sallee' and Bill Sallee', and her sisters, Marjorie Marshall and Judy Kemp, her sons-in-law, Billy Turner and Neal Lyle. MEMORIAL CEREMONY Memorial services will be conducted on Sunday, April 26, 2026, at 1:00 p.m., by Pastor Thomas Clark at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Private interment will follow in the Dupont Cemetery in Dupont, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may visit Sunday, April 26, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Seventh-day Adventist in North Vernon, Indiana. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances, and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com To Place An Online Memorial Donation, Please Click Here. To send a flower arrangement in memory of Jean Sallee' Vance Welsh, please click here to visit our sympathy store.