William Mayfield Wallace (1879-1934)

William Mayfield Wallace

Birth

29 Jan 1879

Sikes, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA

Death

11 Dec 1934 (aged 55)

Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA

Burial

Winnfield Cemetery

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Funeral services for William M. Wallace, 55, of Shreveport and Winnfield, who died at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday at his home in Shreveport, were held Thursday. A short service was conducted at 10 a.m. at the family residence with the Rev. B. F. Wallace of the Parkview Baptist Church officiating. Another service was held at the First Baptist Church in Winnfield at 3 p.m. with the Rev. B. C. Land in charge. Interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Judge Wallace had been in poor health for several years but did not become critically ill until Sunday. An attack of influenza was the immediate cause of death.

Judge Wallace was formerly a member of the State Board of Equalization and had been judge of the District Court in Winn Parish. He had a host of friends through the state to whom his death came as a great shock and cause for great grief.

Born in Winn Parish Jan. 29, 1879, the son of the late James T. Wallace and the late Olive Peters Wallace, he was reared in this vicinity. After graduation from Law School of Tulane University in 1898, he took up the practice of law at Winnfield where his success was immediate and notable. On May 10, 1899 he married Miss Bertha Crawford of Winnfield, who survives him. He went to Shreveport from Winnfield in 1918.

Judge Wallace was a member of the Baptist Church and of the El Karubah Shrine and other Masonic bodies. For many years he was a leading criminal lawyer of this section and although in the past few years he had retired from active practice, he was held in high regard by the members of the bar and by the public for his ability and integrity. He was noted for his many acts of generosity and kindness.

Surviving are his widow; his daughter, Mrs. H. S. Dunlop of Syracuse, N.Y.; his son, J. Purcell Wallace of Shreveport; two brothers, George Wallace of Baton Rouge and Jack Wallace of Winnfield; and seven sisters, Mrs. Cas Moss, Mrs. John Mosley, Mrs. E. E. Kidd, and Mrs. W. H. Baker, all of Winnfield; Mrs. Gill Smith of New Willard, Texas; Mrs. L. C. Moore of Minden; and Mrs. Ethel Schonlau of Syracuse, N.Y.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA), December 13, 1934