Olen Wallace

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Wallace, William Olen

Born: Oct 6, 1918 in Hill County, Texas

Died: Dec 13, 1983 in Crosbyton, Texas

Father: Edd Wallace

Mother: Zella Mae Truitt

Burial Loc: Blk. 30/ lot 50 E 1/2.

Source: Adams Funeral Home

Transcribed by Bettye Odom

Obituary

Memorial services for William Olen Wallace, a Crosbyton area resident 63 of his 65 years, were at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, in First Baptist Church. Officiating were the Rev. Otis Pierce of Kalgary and the Rev. Johnnie Williams of Lubbock.

Burial was made in Crosbyton Cemetery, under direction of Adams Funeral Home.

Mr. Wallace was claimed by death about 7:30 p.m. last Tuesday in Crosbyton Clinic Hospital following a lengthy illness.

Born Oct. 6, 1918 in Hill County, he moved to a farm near Crosbyton at age two. He and the former May Bell Thomas were married May 22, 1940 in Ralls.

Mr. Wallace was a mechanic for many years and an operator at the city power plant from 1972 until his retirement in 1977. He previously had farmed.

Survivors include his wife, May Bell; two sons, Lonnie David Wallace of Ralls and Troy Glen Wallace of Crosbyton; two daughters, Mary Phipps of Idalou and Wanda Stroud of Olney; three brothers, Ernest Wallace and Travis (Tiny) Wallace, both of Crosbyton and D.E. (Darwin) Wallace of Meredian; three sisters, Erma Lansford of Waco, Ethna Mae (Totsie) Ellis of Crosbyton and Bertha Appling of Floydada; and eight grandchildren.

Crosbyton Review, Dec. 22, 1983

Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum

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