Chester, SC: Mrs. Hazel Yarborough Welch, 78, died Tuesday at Uni-Health in Rock Hill, SC. A graveside service will be held 5:00 PM Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at Chester Memorial Gardens with Reverend Bryson Williams officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at New Hope United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Mrs. Welch was born on July 7, 1934 in Chester, SC. She was a daughter of the late Robert Yarborough and Louise Dodds Yarborough. Mrs. Welch attended the schools of Chester County, was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church and was retired from Plastex in Winnsboro, SC as a mold operator. She is survived by three sisters, Loreda Campbell of Chester, SC, Mary Feaster of Carlisle, SC and Essie Dickerson of Pendelton, SC and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial may be made to New Hope United Methodist Church Building Fund, 2684 West Chester School Road, Chester, SC 29706 or United Hospice of the Piedmont, 118 York Street, Chester, SC 29706. Online condolences to the family may be made to www.barronfuneralhome.com.