Granddaughter and namesake Jenna Bush Hager said Monday on NBC's
"Today" show that Welch, a longtime Midland, Texas, resident, died
Friday. The "Today" co-anchor said her grandmother loved nature and
"taught us every star in the sky."
Laura Bush in an Instagram post called her mother "a true daughter of
West Texas who loved her family, books, and nature." An obituary in the
Midland Reporter-Telegram said the family held a funeral Saturday in
Midland.