Welch, Earl Parks, 1895-1984.

Earl Parks Welch was a student at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) and a member of the class of 1920, and served in the Army during the late 1910s.

From the description of Earl Parks Welch Papers, 1915-1919 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 600273226

Earl Parks Welch was born in Derita, North Carolina (now a neighborhood in the northern part of Charlotte) in 1895. He attended North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University), where he was a member of the college's Cadet squad, eventually graduating in 1920. While enrolled, Welch joined the Army, serving in various locations around the southeastern United States in the late 1910s, being promoted in rank several times. Welch died in 1984.

From the guide to the Earl Parks Welch Papers, 1915-1919, (Special Collections Research Center)