Kody Welch

Funeral services for Mr. Michael Dakota "Kody" Welch, age 22, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, March 16, 2019 at the Richard N. Stanley Memorial Chapel with burial to follow at Westview Cemetery. Rev. Chandon Mobley and Rev. David Smallwood will officiate. Mr. Welch was born September 14, 1996 in Dublin, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Tony Hasty, Ima Jean Welch and Charles Lee Welch. He was a 2015 graduate of Johnson County High School, where he participated on the track and tennis teams. Following high school, he studied business management at Oconee Fall Line Technical College. Kody loved music and art, but his greatest love was his brothers and sisters and his son, Aydan. He was employed by Keith McDonald Plumbing of Dublin and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Welch passed away Wednesday. March 13, 2019. He is survived by his mother, Angela (Joey Mason) Wilkerson of Wrightsville, his father, Tim (Sylvia) Welch of Dublin, daddy, Steven (Courtney Davis) Hasty of Dublin, a son, Aydan Michael Welch, his fiancé', Kristen Brady, maternal grandparents, Wanda (David) Smallwood and Jerry (Sandra) Wilkerson, paternal grandmother, Glenda Bush Hasty, five brothers, Dameon Hasty, Timothy Welch, Jr., Tyson Hasty, Bodhi Welch all of Dublin and Colby Butler of Rentz and six sisters, Alyssa Hasty of Wrightsville, Jordan Welch, Samantha Francis, Hailey Hobbs all of Dublin and Faith and Kensley Welch of Rentz and several nieces, nephews and cousins. The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M., Friday, March 15, 2019 at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be DJ Parker, Blake Smith, JD Barber, Charles Mullis, Blake Williams, Jason Barber. Honorary pallbearers will be Matthew Viswanthon and Jacob Williams. Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory/Wrightsville Chapel has charge of funeral arrangements