Obituary:  Leona Mae (Roberts) Wallace, October, 1977

Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
November 2010

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Robert Lee Observer, Robert Lee, Coke County, TX - October 7, 1977

WALLACE

Funeral Thursday for Mrs. Wallace

Services for Mrs. Calvin Wallace, 80, were held at 10 a.m. Thursday in 
Northside Church of Christ with James Beard of Junction officiating, 
assisted by Clyde Dukes of Robert Lee.  Burial was in Robert Lee Cemetery 
under the direction of Shaffer Funeral Home.

Mrs. Wallace died suddenly at her home about 10:30 Tuesday morning of an 
apparent heart attack.

She was born Leona Mae Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Green (Emma) Roberts, 
March 29, 1897, at Sweet Home, Lavaca County.  She moved with her family to 
Coke County in 1903.  She and Calvin Wallace were married Nov 10, 1924, in 
Robert Lee and except for one year spent at Portales, NM, (1935-1936) had lived 
in or near Robert Lee since their marriage.

She was a housewife and a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, J. C. Wallace Jr., and Royce Wallace 
of Robert Lee; three daughters, Mrs. Robert (Mildred) Reese Jr. And 
Mrs Buddy (Edna) Havins, both of Robert Lee and Mrs. Travis (Marie) Allen 
of Englewood, Colo.; 12 grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; and a sister, 
Mrs. Oda (Alice) Benton of Robert Lee.

Francis Jeffries, Wesley Kinsey, Ortis Watson, Vaughan Davis, David key and 
Roy Tinkler served as pallbearers. 


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