Mary Ellen Wallis
August 20, 1926 - November 11, 2017
Mary Ellen Wallis, 91 of Walnut Ridge, passed away November 11, 2017 in the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born August 20, 1926 in OKean; daughter of the late Robert and Lillie Holder Shelton. Mary was united in marriage to Rudy Wallis on June 11, 1949. She was a housewife, loving mother and had retired from Frolic Footwear in 1989. She was member of the First Freewill Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Rudy in 2006; one brother, Melvin Shelton; two sisters, Velma Gray and Estelle Perkins. Survivors are her four sons, Sherwin (Betty) Wallis, Rendell Wallis and Gary (Sherie) Wallis all of Pocahontas, Byron Wallis of West Memphis, AR; one daughter, Patricia Grissom of Walnut Ridge; eleven grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends. Funeral Services will be Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 2 P.M. in the Bryan Funeral Chapel with Bro. Jim Bundy officiating. Pallbearers will be Grandchildren. Interment will follow in the Randolph Memorial Gardens in Pocahontas. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5 P.M. till 8 P.M. in the Bryan Chapel.
Mary Ellen Wallis, 91 of Walnut Ridge, passed away November 11, 2017 in the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Born August 20, 1926 in OKean; daughter of the late Robert and Lillie Holder Shelton. Mary was united in marriage to... View Obituary & Service Information