Velma Christine Wallace

SPANISH FORTVelma Christine Finch Wallace, age 98, a resident of Westminster Village in Spanish Fort, Alabama, died on March 23, 2010.  Mrs. Wallace was born in Arlington, Alabama on  February 12, 1912 to Peyton Newell and Lucy Belle Finch.  After high school graduation she attended Alabama College in Montevallo, AL.  She graduated in 1934.  Mrs. Wallace then began a teaching career which took her to schools in Cullman, Opelika, and Anniston, AL.  In 1948 she was married to Joseph Stephen Wallace, Sr. in a ceremony at her parents’ home in Browns, AL.  Together they managed their ranch and farming operation for 45 years. She and her husband were long time members of Marion Junction Methodist Church.  Mrs. Wallace was a devoted wife and mother who always put the needs of her family first.  Mrs. Wallace was preceded in death by her husband, Joe, and grandson, Thomas Newell Wallace. Mrs. Wallace is survived by her children Judith Christine Hawes (Russell) of Spanish Fort, AL, Mary Belle “Bebe” Cox (David) of Haleyville, AL, and Joseph Stephen Wallace, Jr ( Lucy) of Birmingham, AL; eight grandchildren, Chrissy, Mark (Jill) and Mary Beth Hawes, Ashley and Joseph (Neetika) Cox, and Joe, Emily, and Elizabeth Wallace, and one great grandchild, Grace Hawes. Graveside services will be held at New Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, AL, at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 27, 2010. ARRANGEMENTS BY WOLFE-BAYVIEW FUNERAL HOMES & CREMATORY, INC. 27409 U. S. HIGHWAY 98 DAPHNE, AL  36526