Deborah Denise Weldon

Debbie Weldon, 63, of Keller, Texas passed away on Friday, February 3, 2023 at Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest Medical Center in Waco, Texas. Services will be on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church in Waco, Texas with visitation at 11:00 am immediately followed by a memorial celebration at noon.

Debbie was born in Waco at Hillcrest Baptist Hospital to Raymond Eugene Weldon and Barbara Henderson. She grew up attending Waco I.S.D. schools and graduated from Richfield High School in 1977. She went on to attend Baylor University where she graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor degree focused on Elementary Education. She began her teaching career at North Waco Elementary School and spent the remainder of her career working with kindergarten through second grade at Whitley Road Elementary School in Keller I.S.D. Debbie’s hobbies included golf, travel, reading and animal rescue. She was an active member in the ministries at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church. She was a founding member of Apollo Support and Rescue which was launched January 28, 2012. She also worked with Little Orphan Angels Animal Welfare Agency. She loved and was an advocate for animals; she absolutely loved puppies and kittens. Debbie spent much of her time with her large family that included her parents, brother and three sisters. Most importantly, Debbie was the mother, amazing caregiver and supporter of her two sons, Jeremy and Brian. In recent years, she thoroughly enjoyed traveling with her boyfriend, Rick Whitson, and several of their friends.

Debbie is preceded in death by her mother, Barbara Henderson and her niece, Ellison Leigh Lindsey.

Debbie is survived by her father, Raymond Weldon, and her ‘bonus’ mother, Glenda Weldon; her boyfriend, Rick Whitson; her sons, Jeremy Weldon Goss and Brian Patrick Garrett; her stepdaughter, Alissa Garrett Guizar; her brother, Don Raymond Weldon; her sisters, Jana Gaffney and her husband Patrick Gaffney, Kendra Lindsey and her husband Rod Lindsey, and Laurel Churchman and her husband Paul Churchman. She is also survived by her nieces and nephews – Brittney Lilley, Jamie Weldon, Audrey Hackett, Samuel Lindsey and his wife Alexis, Magness Lindsey, Marin Lindsey, Nathan Churchman and Wyatt Churchman.

Memorials may be made to Apollo Support and Rescue:

Zelle: 817-658-2059 or PayPal http://PayPal.me/asrpets

OR Mail check to Apollo Support and Rescue, 1170 Dove Hill Rd., Justin, TX 76247

The family invites you to leave a message or memory on our “Tribute Wall” at www.WHBfamily.com.