Lois Marie Walker Wall

WALL Lois Marie Walker Wall, 81, died February 28, 2002, peacefully at home in Jacksonville, Florida. She was ill for many years with Parkinsons Disease. Born August 21, 1920 in Marshall County, Alabama she moved to Jacksonville from Miami, Florida in 1926. Upon graduation from Robert E. Lee High School, she was employed as a secretary to the president of Suwannee Life Insurance Company. Proficient in typing and shorthand, at the tender age of 18 she was called upon by the Securities and Exchange Commission to record testimony in a Jacksonville insurance fraud case. She took a hiatus from work in 1943 to raise a family. In 1954, she returned to work, at the Florida Baptist Convention, where she continued to work for 31 years: 15 in the Sunday School Department and 16 in the Promotion Department. Marie loved children and, along with raising her own three, taught preschoolers in Sunday School for 50 years at First Baptist Church in downtown Jacksonville. A 60-year member of the church, she collaborated with her husband in writing a history of the church entitled “ A Tale To Be Told published in 1988. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Belton S. Wall, Jr.; 3 children, daughter Lois W. Kelley (Dean), Jasper, GA.; sons, Belton S. Wall IV, Bradenton, FL and Elbert W. Wall (Cheryl Cox), Forrest City, AR; 5 grandchildren, Brian S. Kelley (Deanne), Albany, GA, Michael L. Kelley (Leigh), Marietta, GA, S. Dresden Brunner (John), Naples, FL, Belton S. Wall V, Atlanta, GA, Benjamin B. Wall, Forrest City, AR; and 2 precious great grandchildren, Jackson C. Kelley, Marietta, GA and Alexis Marie Kelley, Albany, GA. The family will receive friends SUNDAY from 1 to 4 p.m. at Naugle Funeral Home, 1203 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville, Fla. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., March 4, 2002 in Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery, 7242 Normandy Blvd. Officiating will be Rev. Charles E. Peterson and Dr. Richard Barber, both retired from the Florida Baptist Convention. Pallbearers will be Brian Kelley, Michael Kelley, Belton Wall V, Benjamin Wall, John Brunner, Mike Ingram and Doug Woodcock. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Childrens Building Fund, First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Fla. Please sign the Guestbook at Jacksonville.com