Lois Renee (Downs) Welch was born on November 30, 1968, in Shreveport, Louisiana, to the union of her parents, the late Charles Davis Downs, Sr. and Lois Elaine Taylor Downs. She passed from this life on June 6, 2026, at her sister's residence in Farmerville, LA following an extended illness. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her brother, Charles Davis Downs, Jr. Renee was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Her greatest calling in life, besides being a wife and mother, was that of taking care of people in their time of need. She was especially called to assist people through hospice, in the end stages of their lives. In her spare time she loved gardening and working with flowers and vegetables. A special light in her life was her grandchildren.

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Phillip Welch; two daughters, Danyelle Roark and Charlie Amanda Renee Gossert (Jere); her son, Brandon Cody Roark (Lurie Robbins); thirteen precious grandchildren: Karlyn, Diyamond, Bryannah, Annaliese, Skyler, Phoebe, Marshall, Emily, Travis, Jeremiah, Jaxon, Felicity and Raiden, and her fourteenth unborn grandchild, Finn.

Serving as pallbearers will be Chris Jacques, Chipper Woods, Robert Slaughter, Joseph Dean, Travis Rehus and Jeremiah Roark.

 Services will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at the Pentecostals of the Twin Cities in West Monroe with Bro. Jason Ramsey officiating. Visitation will be held from 11:30 AM until time of service at 1:00 PM. Interment will follow in the Olla Cemetery at Olla, LA under direction of Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia.