THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, October 19, 1994 TAG: 9410190382
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B04 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 32 lines
Earnest Wallace of the 5800 block of Hartwick Drive, a retired Army veteran and postal worker, died Oct. 15, 1994, at a residence in the 4500 block of Hampshire Ave.
Mr. Wallace was born in Chappells, S.C., and was a member of Norfolk United Methodist Church. He was an Army veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars and was a member of Disabled American Veterans. He was a recipient of the Bronze Star and Medal of Valor, Vietnam, and many civil service awards.
Survivors include his wife, Beatrice Mae Johnson-Wallace; two sons, Christopher V. Wallace of Chesapeake and Andre A. Wallace of Norfolk; a sister, Lucy Simpson of Chappells, S.C.; three brothers, Moses Wallace of Newberry, S.C., Jack Wallace of Philadelphia and William Burns of Hamilton, Ohio; his godmother, Lessie Farrow of Chappells; and a host of nieces and nephews.
A funeral will be conducted at noon Friday in Way of the Cross Church of God in Christ by the Rev. Finley Jones. Burial will be in Roosevelt Memorial Park. The family will assemble at the residence at 11 a.m. for the processional. Carlos A. Howard Funeral Home, Norfolk, is handling arrangements.
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY
by CNB