Dr. Alfred Roy Wallace

Funeral services for Dr. Alfred Roy Wallace, 71, of Waskom will be 10 a.m. Saturday, May 9, 2009, at First Baptist Church of Waskom with Dr. Neil Weaver officiating. Interment will be at Memorial Cemetery in Tyler. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday, May 8, 2009, at Sullivan-Heaster Funeral Home. Dr. Wallace died Tuesday, May 5, 2009, in Waskom. He was born May 28, 1937, in Tyler to Manzy Arnold and Maggie Aurora Wallace. Dr. Wallace pastored five different churches in Texas and Missouri and had served on the staff of Louisiana Baptist University since 1993, first as Dean of the Department of Biblical Studies and then as Academic Dean. An avid scholar that continued to study all of his life, he was an excellent teacher of the Bible and the Greek and Hebrew languages. He had authored nearly forty books and pamphlets including a Hebrew textbook. He continued to teach at LBU and pastor Baptist Temple in Waskom until his passing. Survivors include his wife, Helen Lorain Wallace of Waskom; sisters, Alice Joyce Beggs of Tyler, Mary Frances McArthur of Tyler, and Anna Catherine Little of Tyler. He was preceded in death by his parents, Manzy and Maggie Wallace; and a brother, John. Pallbearers will be Chris Keeny, Joshua Keeny, Mark Crook, Steve Petty, Jason Lopez and Roger Morton. On-line condolences may be made to: www.sullivanheasterfuneralhome.com Sullivan-Heaster Funeral Home