Rose Aleda Wallace, 83, passed away Friday, April 21, 2017, at Licking Park Manor.
She was born July 4, 1933, in Eunice, daughter of Andy and Kate Fox Walling. She and Carl Wallace were married March 26, 1955, at Boone Creek Baptist Church.
She grew up in the Eunice area, graduating the eighth grade from a Eunice area school. While at home, she worked on the farm and helped her father in his blacksmith shop in Eunice. She later worked at Brown Shoe Company.
She was a stay-at-home mother for many years while raising her sons. She also worked at Sisk Pharmacy and Jacks Corner Freeze. She spent her adult life raising her children and grandchildren on the family farm.
She enjoyed camping at the lakes in Arkansas and southern Missouri with family and friends. She loved fishing, swimming and boat riding on the lake. She also enjoyed quilting in her quilting room and with the ladies at Mt. Vernon schoolhouse in the Oscar community.
She spent many years serving the Lord at Boone Creek Baptist Church. She taught Sunday school, directed and taught Vacation Bible School, sang in the choir and served as church secretary for 29 years.
She was preceded in death by her parents and 11 siblings.
Survivors include her husband, Carl of the home in Licking; two sons, Ronald Wallace and Clay Wallace of Licking; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services were Monday, April 24, at Boone Creek Baptist Church with Bro. Wayne Carrigan officiating. Burial was in Boone Creek Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Texas County Gideons. To send an online condolence, go to www.evansfh.com.
