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Oscar Kelly "Pa" Wallace

20 May 1879 – 4 Jan 1957

Birth	20 May 1879
Death	4 Jan 1957
Cemetery	Crest Hill Cemetery Marietta , Cobb County , Georgia , USA
Added by	John James Carlson on 02 Dec 2024
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67386153

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1957 January 6 - Kelly's death was announced in The Marietta (Georgia) Journal, p. 5 , col. 4 "Funeral Services Set Sunday at 3 for O. K. Wallace Funeral services for Oscar Kelly Wallace, 77, of 214 Ayers Avenue, will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. in the First Baptist Church. Remains will be placed in state at the church from 2 p.m. until funeral hour. Dr. George F. Brown and the Rev. Ben F. Turner will officiate. Interment will be in Mountain View Park Cemetery. Sons will serve as pallbearers. Albert M. Dobbins Funeral Home is in charge. Wallace died Friday evening as result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident several months ago. He was born in Piedmont, Ala., moving to Marietta at an early age. He was educated in Marietta schools. He was a charter member of the Austin Avenue Baptist Church. He owned and operated the OK Candy Kitchen in Marietta for a number of years, retiring several years ago from active work. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ida Lewis Wallace; five daughters, Mrs. Winston Barfield, Mrs. Sue Baker, Marietta; Mrs. Pearl McEntyre, Covington, Ky; Mrs. James Graden, Atlanta; Mrs. Roger Brooks, Statesville, NC; six sons, Oscar L. Wallace, Warwick, Va; Clyde E. Wallace, Eustis, Fla; J. H. Wallace, Smyrna; Capt. Oliver Wallace, Columbus, Ohio; M. Edward Wallace, Fairfax, Va; Richard Wallace, Atlanta; 23 grandchildren; five great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Floyd Johnson, Forsyth; Mrs. Gove Clifton, Blountsville, Ala; several nieces and nephews."

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Family

Parents

• Eliza Jane Rainey Wallace 1862–1911

Spouse

• Ida Susan Rebecca Lewis Wallace 1886–1966

Siblings

• Lucky Dallas Wallace 1881–1922
• Mattie Wallace Johnson 1883–1970
• Thomas Hawkins "Tom" Wallace 1885–1932
• Bonnie May Wallace Dameron 1886–1919
• Rev Isaac Duffy Wallace 1889–1949
• Edna Geneva "Eddie" Wallace Clifton 1895–1980
• Ellen Vinity Gregory Wade 1900–1971
• Frances D. Gregory Wilson 1902–1973

Children

• Pearl Leah Wallace McEntyre 1905–2000
• Oscar Lewis Wallace 1906–2003
• Clyde Eugene "Steel Ball" Wallace 1908–1971
• Julius Hal Wallace 1910–1984
• Marion Edward Wallace 1912–1958
• Gladys Florene Wallace Barfield 1914–1988
• Ida Sue Wallace Orr 1917–2004
• Lily Florence "Bit" Wallace Graden 1919–2012
• Richard Hiram "Dick" Wallace 1924–2016
• Bonnie May Wallace 1927–2012

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