Adam J. Welcome, Sr.

New Iberia - Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia for Adam J. Welcome, Sr., 81, who passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2018, at Heart Hospital of Lafayette. The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 8:00 am until 11:00 am on Wednesday at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia. Interment will follow at Beau Pre Cemetery in Jeanerette. Adam served two years in the United States Army as a Private First Class. He married his high school sweetheart, Barbara Ann Day on August 16, 1961; and is the father of two sons: Adam Jr. (Melissa) and Shawn Paul. He is the grandfather of Matthew Paul. He also has an extended family, Twana (Van) Clement and two grandsons, Cavan and Caleb Clement. He leaves to remember an impressive Christian life; one brother, Preston Welcome, Sr. and one sister, Audrey Ausberry and husband Verge. Adam was a classroom teacher at New Iberia Senior High, New Iberia Freshman High (Westgate), and the Iberia Parish Career Center. He was also employed at Exxon and retired in 1986 as a Corrosion Technician. At the time of his death, Adam A.J. was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church #1, Loreauville, LA. He was a Deacon, Chairman of the Building Committee, and also served in numerous ministries and in various capacities. He was an avid collector of antique memorabilia. His hobbies included reading the Bible and interpreting other religious books. Pallbearers will be Shawn Paul Welcome, Verge Samuel Ausberry, Jr., Larry Vital, Lionel Collins, James Russell, Jr., and Don Vital. Honorary Pallbearers will be Preston Welcome, Jr., Verge Ausberry, Sr., Daniel Bunch, Sr., Junius Joseph, Leonard Fontenette, Jamie Schattle, Deacons of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Acadiana As, Southern Alumni Federation, and The Spirit Cookers, Texas. The Welcome family expresses profound gratitude and sincere appreciation for grace and courtesies. Please continue to remember us in prayer. Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd., New Iberia, LA 70560, (337-365-3331), is in charge of arrangements.