Name: Billy Wayne Wallace
Age: 76
Residence: Corinth, MS
Date of Death: May 26, 2016
Place of Death: Sanctuary Hospice House - Tupelo, MS
Location of Service: Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories
Date and Time: Sunday, May 29, 2016 @ 2:00pm
Visitation: Saturday, May 28, 2016 from 5pm-8 pm and Sunday, May 29, 2016 from 1 pm until service time at Magnolia Funeral Home
Officiating: Bro. Rodney Whittemore and Bro. Mickey Trammel
Cemetery: Henry Cemetery
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: September 14, 1939
Bill was a 1959 graduate of Farmington High School and a faithful member of Tate Baptist Church. He worked in industrial sales and was employed for 30+ years at Corinth Machinery Company. He was a wonderful husband and father that worked hard to provide for his family. Bill enjoyed fishing, farming and being with family and friends. Bill was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who needed help. He was especially proud of his daughter and granddaughter.
SURVIVOR INFORMATION
Wife of 53 years: Melba Ann Kiddy Wallace of Corinth
Daughter: Kimberly Wallace Walker and husband Chuck of Corinth
Granddaughter: Lauren Elizabeth Walker of Corinth
Brothers: Bethel Wallace and wife Betty of Corinth; Douglas L. Wallace and wife Mary Ann of Tupelo; Jerry Wallace and wife Andi of Texas
Sister: Janice Fortenberry and husband Wilton of Muscle Shoals, AL
Other relatives and a host of friends
Pallbearers: Bobby Whittemore, Wilton Fortenberry, Chuck Walker, Shawn Whittemore, Eugene Rhodes and Roy Rhodes
Honorary Pallbearers: The Living Learners Sunday School Class and teacher Jack Stewart of Tate Baptist Church
Memorials may be made to Sharing Hearts, C/O First Baptist Church, 501 Main Street, Corinth, MS 38834 or Sanctuary Hospice House, P.O. Box 2177, Tupelo, MS 38803
PRECEDED IN DEATH
Father: Walter Bethel Wallace
Mother: Etha Marie Rhodes Wallace