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May 12, 2019 · Jenna Bush Hager took to Instagram to reveal touching photos with her maternal grandmother, Jenna Welch, for whom she was named. Hager also revealed that Welch, a Midland passed away on May 10...
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Following her marriage to George W. Bushin 1977, Laura Bush devoted her time to volunteer work and homemaking. After George was elected governor of Texas in 1994, Laura raised her profile, working to improve literacy. As first lady, she spoke on the radio in support of the Afghan people and testified before the Senate Committee on Education.
Laura was born Laura Lane Welch in Midland, Texas, on November 4, 1946. She is the only child of Harold Welch, a home builder and successful real estate developer, and Jenna Louise Hawkins Welch, who worked as a bookkeeper in her husband's business. As a child, Laura was shy and eager to please her parents. Early on, they encouraged her to pursue h...
In 1977, on a visit back to Midland, she met George W. Bush at a barbeque that was hosted by mutual friends. Bush was the owner of a fledgling oil business and the son of George H.W. Bush, a career politician and former Director of the CIA. There was an immediate attraction, and within three months of their introduction, Bush proposed to Laura. He ...
In 1995, her husband was once again inspired to enter politics in a run for the Texas governorship. This time he won and Laura was thrust into the public arena of being the state's first lady. Still a reluctant speaker, Laura developed more confidence and began to take advantage of her elevated position to support causes and projects important to h...
Although Laura planned to keep a low profile as first lady, national events made that nearly impossible. The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks riveted attention on the Bush administration, and Laura joined her husband in comforting the nation. In the aftermath of the attacks, she addressed parents' anxiety and fear over how the event affected t...
After the 2008 election, Laura and her husband moved to Dallas, Texas, to work on the George W. Bush Presidential Library. She also penned her memoir, Spoken from the Heart, and co-wrote a children's book with her daughter, Jenna, entitled Read All About It!Since leaving the White House, Laura has continued working for the causes she believes in, i...
First Lady Biography: Laura Bush. LAURA LANE WELCH BUSH. Birth: Midland, Texas. 1946, November 4. Father: Harold Bruce Welch, born 1912, November 21, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, loan company branch manager and owner of home building company, died in Midland, Texas, 1995 April 29. Mother: Jenna Louise Hawkins Welch, born 1919, July 24, Little ...
May 13, 2019 · Jenna Welch, whose $8,000 loss in the Enron scandal was invoked by her son-in-law, President George W. Bush, to distance himself from his energy company connections, died on Friday in Texas.
Apr 2, 2014 · Early Life. Former first daughter Jenna Welch Bush was born on November 25, 1981, in Dallas, Texas to Bush and his wife, Laura. Hager was born one minute after her fraternal twin sister,...
Biography . Welch was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, She is the daughter of Halsey Sinclair Hawkins (1894–1982) and Jessie Laura Sherrard (1898–1981). She grew up in El Paso, Texas. She married the late Harold Welch on January 29, 1944, and moved to Midland, Texas with him.
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Apr 15, 2020 · Welch married husband Harold and moved to Midland where the couple raised their only daughter, who went on to marry George W. Bush and join him in the White House. Mrs. Bush previously...
