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Berneyce Katheryn Ray Wallace, 87, of Monticello, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello. She was born January 8, 1924 in Collins, AR.
She was the widow of her husband of 59 years, Robert T. Wallace, a homemaker and a member of Second Baptist Church in Monticello. She was the daughter of the late Andy Ray and Syble Hart Ray and was preceded in death by two brothers, Clyde Ray and Zan Ray and one sister, Muriel Phillips Johnson. She enjoyed the outdoors and was a survivor of the Centerpoint Baptist Church tornado in 1939.
Survivors include two daughters, Bobbie Wiscaver of Monticello and Nancy Smith Polisky of Grand Prairie, TX; one son, Gene L. (Spud) Wallace of Kentucky; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
She was the widow of her husband of 59 years, Robert T. Wallace, a homemaker and a member of Second Baptist Church in Monticello. She was the daughter of the late Andy Ray and Syble Hart Ray and was preceded in death by two brothers, Clyde Ray and Zan Ray and one sister, Muriel Phillips Johnson. She enjoyed the outdoors and was a survivor of the Centerpoint Baptist Church tornado in 1939.
Survivors include two daughters, Bobbie Wiscaver of Monticello and Nancy Smith Polisky of Grand Prairie, TX; one son, Gene L. (Spud) Wallace of Kentucky; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.