Funeral service for Barbara Moak Wallace will be 10 a.m., Saturday, November 5, 2022, at Riverwood Family, with burial in the Montgomery Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is 4-7 p.m., Friday, November 4, at Riverwood.
Mrs. Wallace, 86, of Brookhaven, passed from this life October 28, 2022, in Austin, TX. She was born in Summit, MS, January 17, 1936, to Kennie Lee Moak and Clara Reeves Moak. Mrs. Wallace graduated high school at Johnston Station and was successful at many career opportunities in Morgan City, Louisiana and Houston, Texas. In 1994 she and Henry owned Southern Wholesale Grass in Pearl, MS. and both retired after selling the company. She was also a caretaker and loving wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. Wallace was a member of First Baptist Church, Jackson, MS, where she enjoyed being a part of the choir, mission trips, bible study and working in the Nursery. Her hobbies included traveling and cultivating her plants. By her family, friends and colleagues, she was considered one of the most loving, gentle, caring, spiritual and compassionate people they ever met. Barbara’s honest way of approaching life is what her loved ones will miss the most.
She is preceded in death by her parents; son, Robert “Robby” Conrad Moak; and sister, Esther Rebecca Pope.
Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Henry H. Wallace; son, Hank Wallace and wife, Vickie, Brookhaven, MS,; sisters, Glenda Moak McKean, Greenburg, LA, Martha Moak Martin, Madison, MS, and many sisters and brothers by choice; grandchildren, Trent Wallace (Taylor), Brookhaven, MS, and Macie Elizabeth Stevens (Shelton), Carthage, NC, ; beloved nephew, Orian Williams; brothers and sisters and a host of nieces and nephews and her many pets.