Delbert Glenn Wallace Jr.

Delbert Glenn Wallace Jr. obituary

Delbert Glenn Wallace Jr.

Delbert Wallace Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Leach Family Funeral Home and Cremation - Caryville on Aug. 14, 2025.

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Delbert "Bub" Glenn Wallace, Jr., age 48 of Andersonville, passed away on Friday, August 8, 2025 at the UT Medical Center in Knoxville. He was born on December 13, 1976 to Delbert Glenn and Genevieve Hill Wallace in Oak Ridge. Bub enjoyed working on cars and was a "Ford Man" through and through. He also liked to fish. Bub loved his family, especially his children. He will be dearly missed by those who knew him.

He is preceded in death by his father, Delbert Wallace, Sr.; brother, Mark Edward Wallace; grandparents, Ernest and Rhoda Hill, and John and Viola Wallace; special aunt, Kathy York; special uncle, Kenny Wallace; a host of aunts and uncles; and beloved dog, Goliath.

He is survived by mother, Genevieve Wallace; wife, Kristy "Cougar" Kuriger; sisters, Nellie Salyer and husband Dillard Welch, Christy Wallace and baby daddy Mack Huckaby; children, Terry "LB" Wallace and girlfriend Sarah Hudgins, and Brittany Vanderpool and husband Chris; grandchildren, C.J. Vanderpool, Eddie Vanderpool, and Jozzlynn "Sissy" Vanderpool; nieces and nephews, Samantha Salyer, Glenda Hansard (Zack), Mark Wallace, Jr. (Hannah), Kiersten Mercado (Elijah), Raven Wallace, Ashlynn Taylor, Mack Huckaby, Jr. (Haley), Savannah Huckaby, Riley Huckaby, and Raiden Huckaby; great-neices and nephews, Bentlee, Oakley, Ariyah, Kylan, Drayton, Parker, and Oliver; special aunt, Diane Wallace; uncle, Woodrow Hill (Louise), aunts, Jamie Dews, Linda Jenkins, Frances Gibson and husband Doyle Gibson; a host of cousins, and other family and friends.

The family will receive friends at the Leach Family Funeral Home and Cremation on Saturday, August 16, 2025 from 5-7pm with the funeral service to follow at 7pm with Rev. Tim Jenkins officiating. www.leachfamilyfuneralhome.com

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