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Mary Yvonne <I>Leggett</I> Wallace

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Mary Yvonne Leggett Wallace

Birth
Norfield, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA
Death
25 Apr 2022 (aged 94)
Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Bogue Chitto, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Yvonne Wallace will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 26, at Riverwood Family, with interment in Montgomery Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is from 1 p.m. until the time of service.

Mrs. Wallace, 94, of Brookhaven, passed from this life April 25, 2022. She was born in Norfield, MS, January 2, 1928. Mrs. Wallace was employed for many years with Lofton's Department Store. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Brookhaven, she will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Irven Wallace; son, Donald Keith Wallace; her parents, Hollis and Effie Reeves; and brothers, Merlon Reeves and Cecil Reeves.

Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Irven Randall Wallace (Jenny); six grandchildren, Brooks Wallace (Susan), Blake Wallace (Allison), Erica Simmons (Blake), Whitney Holmes (Ryan), Allyson Smith (Michael), Taylor Wallace (Kelly);
19 great grandchildren, and a host of other loving family members and friends.

The family of Mrs. Wallace would like to extend a special thanks to the Beehive Homes of Brookhaven Staff and Enhabit Hospice Staff.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church Brookhaven Building Fund, or Montgomery Baptist Church Cemetery Fund.
Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Yvonne Wallace will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 26, at Riverwood Family, with interment in Montgomery Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is from 1 p.m. until the time of service.

Mrs. Wallace, 94, of Brookhaven, passed from this life April 25, 2022. She was born in Norfield, MS, January 2, 1928. Mrs. Wallace was employed for many years with Lofton's Department Store. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Brookhaven, she will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Irven Wallace; son, Donald Keith Wallace; her parents, Hollis and Effie Reeves; and brothers, Merlon Reeves and Cecil Reeves.

Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Irven Randall Wallace (Jenny); six grandchildren, Brooks Wallace (Susan), Blake Wallace (Allison), Erica Simmons (Blake), Whitney Holmes (Ryan), Allyson Smith (Michael), Taylor Wallace (Kelly);
19 great grandchildren, and a host of other loving family members and friends.

The family of Mrs. Wallace would like to extend a special thanks to the Beehive Homes of Brookhaven Staff and Enhabit Hospice Staff.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church Brookhaven Building Fund, or Montgomery Baptist Church Cemetery Fund.


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