Walls obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Name, date of obit, date submitted, submitted for the USGenWeb Archives by: Walls, Arthur Joseph, Sr. 10 Jul 2004 Jul 2004 Jerry Nelson Walls, Elnora Tillery 2 Apr 2001 Apr 2001 Don Johnson Walls, Evelyn Joan 21 Dec 2003 Jan 2004 Don Johnson Walls, Joseph 14 Sep 2000 Oct 2000 Don Johnson Walls, Marshall, Jr. 3 Apr 2002 Apr 2002 Don Johnson Walls, Randell 22 Jun 2012 Jun 2012 Jerry Nelson Walls, Rose M. Cooper 4 Aug 2000 Sep 2000 Don Johnson ******************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge): 7/10/2004 WALLS, ARTHUR JOSEPH SR. "SHINE" "In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." John 14:2. A crawfisherman and minister of Ramah-Maringouin Full Gospel Church, he died at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, July 8, 2004, at his residence in Maringouin. He was a native of Cade. Visiting was at Wilbert Funeral Home, Plaquemine, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. Visiting at the funeral home from 8 a.m. until religious service at 1 p.m. Saturday, conducted by the Rev. R.J. Hammack and assisted by the Rev. Larry Bossier. Interment in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Baker. Survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Rita and David Bush, Ponchatoula; three sons and daughters-in-law, A.J. and Sharon Hammack Walls, Baker, Frank and Linda Moore Walls, Maringouin, and Bryan and Karen Cayer Collins, Central; three sisters, Rosa Barlow, Agnes Kenly and Opal Melancon, all of Ramah; a brother, Jeff Romig, Grand River; 12 grandchildren and 32 great- grandchildren. Preceded in death by his wife, Violet Louise Walls; parents, Joseph Nick and Lena Martin Walls; three daughters, Rosalie Sproles and Gracie and Sherry Walls; a brother and four sisters. Pallbearers will be Wayne Sproles, Mark Walls, Kelly Walls, Tracy Breaux, Shawn Saizon, Derrick Saizon and Paul Walls. ******************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 4/2/2001 WALLS, ELNORA TILLERY Fluker - Elnora Tillery Walls, 86, died Friday, March 30, 2001, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge. A native of Greensburg, she was a nurse, a member of Community Baptist Church where she served as deaconess and president of the Cemetery Committee. She was a graduate of Leland College in Baker, a former school teacher and personal health provider. Survivors include a daughter, Darletta Turner, Baton Rouge; four sons, Percy Boykins, New Orleans, Hollis Walls, Houston, Linnie Walls Jr. and Johnny Boykins, both of Fluker; 25 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Will and Nora Tillery; husbands, Johnny Reed Boykin and Linnie Walls Sr.; two sisters, Alberta Holland and Florence Lee; eight brothers, Emmit, George, Walter, Willie, Richmond, Lawson, Hollis and Rodger Tillery; one daughter, Deloris Evans; one son, Willie Alton Boykins; and three grandchildren. Visitation will be tonight from 5 to 9 at Angelic Funeral Home, Roseland. The Rev. Bobby Showers will conduct the funeral Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Community Baptist Church, Fluker. Dismissal will follow in the church cemetery. ******************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 12/21/2003 WALLS, EVELYN JOAN Ponchatoula - Evelyn Joan "Kookie" Walls, 56, died Friday, Dec. 19, 2003 at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was a native of Bartow, Fla. Survivors include her husband, Billy Joe Barnett of Ponchatoula; three daughters, Gidget Barnett of Ponchatoula, Bridget Vann of Florida and Michelle Scott of Winterhaven, Fla.; three sons, Dion Witherington and Dale Sanders, both of Florida, and Louis Walls Jr. of Ponchatoula; two sisters, Patricia Todd and Betty Jean Tucker of Winterhaven; five brothers, Kenneth Tucker of Dallas, Kent Norris of Robert and Walter Steven Norris, Robert Tucker and Keith Norris of Florida; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her parents were the late Earl and Hazel Tucker Lowery. Visitation will be at Harry McKneely and Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, Monday from noon until the funeral at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Sand Hill Cemetery. ******************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 9/14/2000 WALLS, JOSEPH Kentwood - Joseph Walls, 75, a retired U.S. Army veteran, died Friday, Sept. 8, 2000, at his home. He was a member of the Henderson Masonic Lodge of Hammond. He is survived by his wife, Emma Smith Walls; three daughters, Revon Walls, Willie Jean Walls and Jeanette Walls; seven sons, Roy Holden, Joe Raymond, Edward Earl, Joseph Jr., Walter Lee, Ronnie Davis and William Louis Walls; one sister, Bernice Rogers; one brother, Cain Walls; 30 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Nathan Walls Jr., John Walls; and three sisters, Velma Miller, Jessie Walker and Valine Franklin. Visitation will be at Angelic Funeral Home, Roseland, Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. The Rev. Lee Allen Pounds will conduct the funeral Saturday at 1 p.m. at Sweethome Baptist Church, Kentwood. Burial will be in the church cemetery. ******************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 4/3/2002 WALLS, MARSHALL JR. Kentwood - Marshall Walls Jr., 53, died Saturday, March 30, 2002, at Lane Memorial Hospital. He is survived by four sons, Marshall Vonryan Walls III and Michael Diron Walls, both of Kentwood, Patrick Oneal Cryer of Mobile, Ala., and Jamie Chris Anthony Walls Sr. of Fort Hood, Texas; two daughters, Latoria Denise Walls of Kentwood and Teresa Cryer of Mobile, Ala.; two sisters, Melissa Walls and Victoria Thomas, both of Kentwood; three brothers, Daferlin Walls Sr. and Donald Ray Walls, both of Kentwood, and Jerry Walls of New Orleans; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Marshall and Catherine Walls; and his wife, Rose Marie Walls. Visitation will be Thursday at Richardson Funeral Home, Amite, from 5 to 9 p.m. The Rev. Alton Strickland will conduct the funeral Friday at Spring Creek Missionary Baptist Church at noon. Burial will be in Spring Creek Cemetery, Kentwood. ******************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 6/22/2012 WALLS, RANDELL A retired cement finisher, he died Thursday, June 14, 2012, at his residence in Sunshine. He was 65 and a native of Independence. Visiting at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, Highway 75, Carville, on Saturday, June 23, from 9 a.m. until religious service at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Alfred Thomas. Interment in church cemetery. Survived by his wife, Amelia Walls; daughters, Cortrella Williams, Veronica James and Wanda Thomas; sons, Dwayne Morgan and Marcus Williams; and 19 grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents, sister, 4 brothers and daughter. Services entrusted to Desselle Funeral Home. ******************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 8/4/2000 WALLS, ROSE M. COOPER Kentwood - Rose M. Cooper Walls, 46, died July 31, 2000, at North Oaks Medical Center. She was a native of Kentwood. Survivors include her husband, Marshall Walls Jr., Kentwood; three sons, Jamie C.A. Walls, Killeen, Texas; Marshall V. Walls III and Michael D. Walls, both of Kentwood; daughter, Latoria D. Walls, Kentwood; six sisters, Margie Williams, Zeldia, Cara, Margaret and Beverly Cooper and Lorraine Grayson, Kentwood; four brothers, Albert Cooper Jr., Memphis, Tenn., Carl and John Cooper, Kentwood, Kenneth Richardson, Kentwood; father, Albert Cooper, Kentwood; and two grandchildren. Her mother, Rose Abiy Cooper; two sisters, Ester and Alva Mae Cooper; and brother, Paul Cooper, preceded her in death. Visitation will be tonight from 5 to 9 at Richardson Funeral Home, Amite. The Rev. Norwett Hills will conduct the funeral Saturday at 1 p.m. at Spring Creek Missionary Baptist Church, and burial will be in Spring Creek Cemetery. ******************************************************************************** File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/tangipahoa/obits/obitssur/walls.txt