Obituaries of OCTOBER 1990, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.
Source: The Lafourche Daily Comet
Submitted by: Chris Tidwell
Last modified 14 March 2015
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Oct 29, 1990

Retired Teacher dies at 90
Leona Wallace
Leona Vannery Ricks Wallace, a 90 year old retired educator, died Monday.
She touched many lives through her music and her devotion to children. She
taught in the public schools more than 46 years in Terrebonne and Lafourche
Parishes and at her church, Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Thibodaux.
She is survived by a son, the Rev. Lloyd H. Wallace and his wife, Bernice
Pradd
Wallace, three grandchildren, Jacqueline W. Malcolm and Beatrice Leona
Wallace of Thibodaux, and Lloyd H. Wallace Jr. of Mission Hills, Calif.; one
grandson-
in-law, Philip N. Malcolm, one granddaughter-in-law, Lonnie M. Wallace; 9
great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and a host of relatives and
friends.
Her body will lie in state at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1117 President St.
in. Thibodaux from noon Nov. 2, 1990 until a wake service at 8:00 p.m.
Funeral will
be Nov. 3 at 11:00 a.m.
A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church for
Leona R. Wallace, a native of Thibodaux, who died recently.
Visitation will be from noon Friday at the church.
She was the mother of Rev. Lloyd H. Wallace. She is also survived by three
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Ricks and Magdalene Banks.
Williams and Southall Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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