Flora Lou "Woo Woo" Welborn, 81, of Earlington, KY, passed away peacefully in her beloved home at Oakmoor on Monday, May 27th, 2019.

She was born on August 19, 1937 in Madisonville to the late Hazel McElroy and Lawrence John "L.J." McElroy. Lou started her career life working in the lab at Hopkins County Hospital. She also worked at Pyro Coal Company in the early eighties and then became an Allstate insurance agent up until her retirement in 2002. Lou's hobbies were supporting her grandchildren in all sports activities, spending time with her family and being very active in her community, in which she loved dearly. Lou always instilled manners and the importance of family in her loved ones. You didn't have to be blood related to be considered a part of her family. Her love for others was contagious. She worked hard and loved deeply.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her daughter, Nancy Myers Clark; her brother, John McElroy; and her great granddaughter, Emmalynn Ruby Clark.

Survivors include her son, Dr. Deon Perkins of Madisonville; her daughters, Susie (Steve) Mertz of Madisonville and LeAnn (Kirt) Langston of Paducah, KY; sisters, Sharon McElroy of Madisonville and Gloria Sullivan of Evansville, IN; grandchildren, Patrick Clark, Jesse Clark, Megan White, Ross Phillips, Caitlin Todd, Lauren Todd and Brad Todd; several great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, 2019 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with Rev. James Parish officiating. A private burial to follow at Grapevine Cemetery in Madisonville.

The visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home and from 9 a.m. until the funeral hour Saturday at the funeral home.

The pallbearers are Patrick Clark, Jesse Clark, Ross Phillips, Brad Todd, Jonathan White and Steve Mertz. Honorary pallbearers are Kirt Langston, Roger Peyton, Freddie Stafford, Jon Grant, Jaron Embrey and Shane Crawford.

Memorial contributions may be made in Lou's memory to the Hopkins County Humane Society. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.