Lifelong East-Texas resident, Joseph Compton Wall of Atlanta, Texas, went to meet his Lord on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, just shy of his 79th birthday, following a courageous 28-year battle with heart disease. Joe was born to parents Elder Joseph Loyd and Ruby Wall on August 9, 1942. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Connie, three daughters: Angela Kay Craig and husband Donnie of Daingerfield, Becky Lynn Lipham and husband Joe Kim of Texarkana, and Camille Kay Sherman and husband Kevin of Atlanta. Joe is also survived by grandchildren and great-grandchildren Shane and wife Maura Messer of Nacogdoches, Stephanie Messer Ford, husband Aaron, and their children, Camaron, Kendale, Sawyer, and Emersyn of Texarkana. Macy Lipham Ackermann, husband Jake, and their son, Henry, of Allen, Faith, Cole, and Hallie Lipham of Texarkana, and Chloe and Kyson Sherman of Atlanta. He is survived by two sisters, Dorothy Cook and husband Kenneth of St. Amant, Louisiana, and Glenda Dayton of Austin and Texarkana, and numerous nieces and nephews. Joe is also survived by in-laws, the Reverend William and Edna Garner of Texarkana. Joe is preceded in death by parents, Elder and Mrs. Loyd Wall, little brother Thomas Wall, and brother-in-law, Wayne Dayton.
Joe loved many things in life – his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, his devoted wife, Connie, his three daughters Angie, Becky, and Camille for whom he named his prized home – the ABC Farm, and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren to who he was, and will always be, the generous Pappy. He faithfully served his Lord, his family, his church - the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, his communities - Atlanta, Bivins, and Huffines, and the Atlanta Independent School District. For his outstanding service to community, in 2016, Joe received the Outstanding Service Award from the Atlanta Education Foundation. He was presented the award at an Atlanta High School football game before admiring family and friends. Joe was currently serving his third term as a trustee on the Atlanta Independent School District Board in addition to multiple terms on the board of the Cass County Appraisal District and the Cattlemen's Association. He was a Deacon at the First Baptist Church and director of the Adult 4 Sunday School Class. He is a past president of the Bivins Community Center. Joe's community commitment was not limited to board participation. In 2014, Joe purchased land from the Bethsadia Y Baptist Church located adjacent to the ABC Farm where he brought to new life, an old, abandoned baseball field for neighboring children to practice their sport.
Joe was a man of strong principles and commitments – none of which were stronger than his work ethic, a trait he passed to his three daughters. Joe began his professional career as an accountant for Grogan's Appliance Store in Atlanta. He then spent 20 years as supervisor of mechanical tubing at Lone Star Steel in Daingerfield from where he retired in 1985. For the next 20 years, Joe owned and operated, along with wife Connie, Pinckards Plant Farm in Bivins. After selling the plant farm in 2005, he developed the ABC Farm – a 115-acre farm of green rolling hills, well-stocked fishing tanks, Black Angus cattle, and countless memories.
Bright, gregarious, and curious, Joe never met a stranger. He was an outdoorsman whose love of the land and its fruits began as a young man on a family farm not ten miles from where he eventually created the ABC Farm. Joe was an avid horseman who, as a child, participated in local rodeos with his sister, Dorothy, and, as an adult, rode the Arkansas mountain trails with friends and family. As his health struggles mounted, Joe replaced horses with a series of Kubotas from which he enjoyed nothing more than touring the farm with family, friends, and neighbors. Joe hunted in Texas, Utah, Colorado, and Mexico. He inherited his mother Ruby's green thumb, and spent many happy hours manicuring a large lawn and the farm surrounding it. Joe was also a man who loved nothing more than sharing the bounteous fruits of his labors. He maintained a pool for not only his grandchildren, but neighborhood children as well, and a fishing tank stocked with bass and catfish in which few but friends and neighbors ever cast a line.
Joe was a man of courage, never allowing heart disease to define his life even though the illness required a carotid artery bypass, two triple-heart-bypasses, and innumerable heart stents. Joe lived his life to the fullest; ten days before his death, he attended a school board conference in Ft. Worth and a week before his death he mowed and raked the grass on his lawn. Through years of repeated hospitalizations, countless friends and neighbors helped to maintain that lifestyle of land, cows, and plenty. Joe was forever grateful to those special people.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 10, at 2 PM at the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, under the direction of Hanner Funeral Service, the Reverend Wes Mills officiating, Ronnie Raines assisting.
Visitation will be Friday, July 9 from 6 to 8 PM at Hanner Funeral Home, Atlanta. Those wishing to commemorate Joe's life may donate to the Joseph C. Wall Agricultural Scholarship for Atlanta High School students.
Joe loved many things in life – his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, his devoted wife, Connie, his three daughters Angie, Becky, and Camille for whom he named his prized home – the ABC Farm, and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren to who he was, and will always be, the generous Pappy. He faithfully served his Lord, his family, his church - the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, his communities - Atlanta, Bivins, and Huffines, and the Atlanta Independent School District. For his outstanding service to community, in 2016, Joe received the Outstanding Service Award from the Atlanta Education Foundation. He was presented the award at an Atlanta High School football game before admiring family and friends. Joe was currently serving his third term as a trustee on the Atlanta Independent School District Board in addition to multiple terms on the board of the Cass County Appraisal District and the Cattlemen's Association. He was a Deacon at the First Baptist Church and director of the Adult 4 Sunday School Class. He is a past president of the Bivins Community Center. Joe's community commitment was not limited to board participation. In 2014, Joe purchased land from the Bethsadia Y Baptist Church located adjacent to the ABC Farm where he brought to new life, an old, abandoned baseball field for neighboring children to practice their sport.
Joe was a man of strong principles and commitments – none of which were stronger than his work ethic, a trait he passed to his three daughters. Joe began his professional career as an accountant for Grogan's Appliance Store in Atlanta. He then spent 20 years as supervisor of mechanical tubing at Lone Star Steel in Daingerfield from where he retired in 1985. For the next 20 years, Joe owned and operated, along with wife Connie, Pinckards Plant Farm in Bivins. After selling the plant farm in 2005, he developed the ABC Farm – a 115-acre farm of green rolling hills, well-stocked fishing tanks, Black Angus cattle, and countless memories.
Bright, gregarious, and curious, Joe never met a stranger. He was an outdoorsman whose love of the land and its fruits began as a young man on a family farm not ten miles from where he eventually created the ABC Farm. Joe was an avid horseman who, as a child, participated in local rodeos with his sister, Dorothy, and, as an adult, rode the Arkansas mountain trails with friends and family. As his health struggles mounted, Joe replaced horses with a series of Kubotas from which he enjoyed nothing more than touring the farm with family, friends, and neighbors. Joe hunted in Texas, Utah, Colorado, and Mexico. He inherited his mother Ruby's green thumb, and spent many happy hours manicuring a large lawn and the farm surrounding it. Joe was also a man who loved nothing more than sharing the bounteous fruits of his labors. He maintained a pool for not only his grandchildren, but neighborhood children as well, and a fishing tank stocked with bass and catfish in which few but friends and neighbors ever cast a line.
Joe was a man of courage, never allowing heart disease to define his life even though the illness required a carotid artery bypass, two triple-heart-bypasses, and innumerable heart stents. Joe lived his life to the fullest; ten days before his death, he attended a school board conference in Ft. Worth and a week before his death he mowed and raked the grass on his lawn. Through years of repeated hospitalizations, countless friends and neighbors helped to maintain that lifestyle of land, cows, and plenty. Joe was forever grateful to those special people.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 10, at 2 PM at the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, under the direction of Hanner Funeral Service, the Reverend Wes Mills officiating, Ronnie Raines assisting.
Visitation will be Friday, July 9 from 6 to 8 PM at Hanner Funeral Home, Atlanta. Those wishing to commemorate Joe's life may donate to the Joseph C. Wall Agricultural Scholarship for Atlanta High School students.
Lifelong East-Texas resident, Joseph Compton Wall of Atlanta, Texas, went to meet his Lord on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, just shy of his 79th birthday, following a courageous 28-year battle with heart disease. Joe was born to parents Elder Joseph Loyd and Ruby Wall on August 9, 1942. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Connie, three daughters: Angela Kay Craig and husband Donnie of Daingerfield, Becky Lynn Lipham and husband Joe Kim of Texarkana, and Camille Kay Sherman and husband Kevin of Atlanta. Joe is also survived by grandchildren and great-grandchildren Shane and wife Maura Messer of Nacogdoches, Stephanie Messer Ford, husband Aaron, and their children, Camaron, Kendale, Sawyer, and Emersyn of Texarkana. Macy Lipham Ackermann, husband Jake, and their son, Henry, of Allen, Faith, Cole, and Hallie Lipham of Texarkana, and Chloe and Kyson Sherman of Atlanta. He is survived by two sisters, Dorothy Cook and husband Kenneth of St. Amant, Louisiana, and Glenda Dayton of Austin and Texarkana, and numerous nieces and nephews. Joe is also survived by in-laws, the Reverend William and Edna Garner of Texarkana. Joe is preceded in death by parents, Elder and Mrs. Loyd Wall, little brother Thomas Wall, and brother-in-law, Wayne Dayton.
Joe loved many things in life – his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, his devoted wife, Connie, his three daughters Angie, Becky, and Camille for whom he named his prized home – the ABC Farm, and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren to who he was, and will always be, the generous Pappy. He faithfully served his Lord, his family, his church - the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, his communities - Atlanta, Bivins, and Huffines, and the Atlanta Independent School District. For his outstanding service to community, in 2016, Joe received the Outstanding Service Award from the Atlanta Education Foundation. He was presented the award at an Atlanta High School football game before admiring family and friends. Joe was currently serving his third term as a trustee on the Atlanta Independent School District Board in addition to multiple terms on the board of the Cass County Appraisal District and the Cattlemen's Association. He was a Deacon at the First Baptist Church and director of the Adult 4 Sunday School Class. He is a past president of the Bivins Community Center. Joe's community commitment was not limited to board participation. In 2014, Joe purchased land from the Bethsadia Y Baptist Church located adjacent to the ABC Farm where he brought to new life, an old, abandoned baseball field for neighboring children to practice their sport.
Joe was a man of strong principles and commitments – none of which were stronger than his work ethic, a trait he passed to his three daughters. Joe began his professional career as an accountant for Grogan's Appliance Store in Atlanta. He then spent 20 years as supervisor of mechanical tubing at Lone Star Steel in Daingerfield from where he retired in 1985. For the next 20 years, Joe owned and operated, along with wife Connie, Pinckards Plant Farm in Bivins. After selling the plant farm in 2005, he developed the ABC Farm – a 115-acre farm of green rolling hills, well-stocked fishing tanks, Black Angus cattle, and countless memories.
Bright, gregarious, and curious, Joe never met a stranger. He was an outdoorsman whose love of the land and its fruits began as a young man on a family farm not ten miles from where he eventually created the ABC Farm. Joe was an avid horseman who, as a child, participated in local rodeos with his sister, Dorothy, and, as an adult, rode the Arkansas mountain trails with friends and family. As his health struggles mounted, Joe replaced horses with a series of Kubotas from which he enjoyed nothing more than touring the farm with family, friends, and neighbors. Joe hunted in Texas, Utah, Colorado, and Mexico. He inherited his mother Ruby's green thumb, and spent many happy hours manicuring a large lawn and the farm surrounding it. Joe was also a man who loved nothing more than sharing the bounteous fruits of his labors. He maintained a pool for not only his grandchildren, but neighborhood children as well, and a fishing tank stocked with bass and catfish in which few but friends and neighbors ever cast a line.
Joe was a man of courage, never allowing heart disease to define his life even though the illness required a carotid artery bypass, two triple-heart-bypasses, and innumerable heart stents. Joe lived his life to the fullest; ten days before his death, he attended a school board conference in Ft. Worth and a week before his death he mowed and raked the grass on his lawn. Through years of repeated hospitalizations, countless friends and neighbors helped to maintain that lifestyle of land, cows, and plenty. Joe was forever grateful to those special people.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 10, at 2 PM at the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, under the direction of Hanner Funeral Service, the Reverend Wes Mills officiating, Ronnie Raines assisting.
Visitation will be Friday, July 9 from 6 to 8 PM at Hanner Funeral Home, Atlanta. Those wishing to commemorate Joe's life may donate to the Joseph C. Wall Agricultural Scholarship for Atlanta High School students.
Joe loved many things in life – his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, his devoted wife, Connie, his three daughters Angie, Becky, and Camille for whom he named his prized home – the ABC Farm, and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren to who he was, and will always be, the generous Pappy. He faithfully served his Lord, his family, his church - the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, his communities - Atlanta, Bivins, and Huffines, and the Atlanta Independent School District. For his outstanding service to community, in 2016, Joe received the Outstanding Service Award from the Atlanta Education Foundation. He was presented the award at an Atlanta High School football game before admiring family and friends. Joe was currently serving his third term as a trustee on the Atlanta Independent School District Board in addition to multiple terms on the board of the Cass County Appraisal District and the Cattlemen's Association. He was a Deacon at the First Baptist Church and director of the Adult 4 Sunday School Class. He is a past president of the Bivins Community Center. Joe's community commitment was not limited to board participation. In 2014, Joe purchased land from the Bethsadia Y Baptist Church located adjacent to the ABC Farm where he brought to new life, an old, abandoned baseball field for neighboring children to practice their sport.
Joe was a man of strong principles and commitments – none of which were stronger than his work ethic, a trait he passed to his three daughters. Joe began his professional career as an accountant for Grogan's Appliance Store in Atlanta. He then spent 20 years as supervisor of mechanical tubing at Lone Star Steel in Daingerfield from where he retired in 1985. For the next 20 years, Joe owned and operated, along with wife Connie, Pinckards Plant Farm in Bivins. After selling the plant farm in 2005, he developed the ABC Farm – a 115-acre farm of green rolling hills, well-stocked fishing tanks, Black Angus cattle, and countless memories.
Bright, gregarious, and curious, Joe never met a stranger. He was an outdoorsman whose love of the land and its fruits began as a young man on a family farm not ten miles from where he eventually created the ABC Farm. Joe was an avid horseman who, as a child, participated in local rodeos with his sister, Dorothy, and, as an adult, rode the Arkansas mountain trails with friends and family. As his health struggles mounted, Joe replaced horses with a series of Kubotas from which he enjoyed nothing more than touring the farm with family, friends, and neighbors. Joe hunted in Texas, Utah, Colorado, and Mexico. He inherited his mother Ruby's green thumb, and spent many happy hours manicuring a large lawn and the farm surrounding it. Joe was also a man who loved nothing more than sharing the bounteous fruits of his labors. He maintained a pool for not only his grandchildren, but neighborhood children as well, and a fishing tank stocked with bass and catfish in which few but friends and neighbors ever cast a line.
Joe was a man of courage, never allowing heart disease to define his life even though the illness required a carotid artery bypass, two triple-heart-bypasses, and innumerable heart stents. Joe lived his life to the fullest; ten days before his death, he attended a school board conference in Ft. Worth and a week before his death he mowed and raked the grass on his lawn. Through years of repeated hospitalizations, countless friends and neighbors helped to maintain that lifestyle of land, cows, and plenty. Joe was forever grateful to those special people.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 10, at 2 PM at the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, under the direction of Hanner Funeral Service, the Reverend Wes Mills officiating, Ronnie Raines assisting.
Visitation will be Friday, July 9 from 6 to 8 PM at Hanner Funeral Home, Atlanta. Those wishing to commemorate Joe's life may donate to the Joseph C. Wall Agricultural Scholarship for Atlanta High School students.
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