Funeral services for Robert D. Wallace, of Bogue Chitto, are Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Brookhaven Funeral Home in (Natchez Drive) with burial at Sutton Cemetery in Bogue Chitto. Bro. Ronnie Robinson will officiate the services.

Visitation will be Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home and will continue Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, from 1 p.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home.

Mr. Wallace, 79, died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, at his residence. He was born May 6, 1939, to Cleveland and Marie Wallace. He was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. He worked for many years at Piggly Wiggly in Brookhaven as a butcher and he enjoyed fishing, hunting and spending time with his family. He was a loving son, brother, husband, uncle, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend.

Preceding him in death were his parents; daughter, Anita Wallace; grandson, Brandon E. Wallace; sister, Marjorie Leggett; and brothers, Dewey Wallace and Carl Wallace.

Survivors are his wife, Mary M. Wallace; daughters, Melinda Beth VanNorman and husband, Tim, and Margie Diane Hastings, both of Bogue Chitto; grandchildren, Rebecca Wallace, Elizabeth Wallace, Kandice Wallace, Haylee Wallace, Brandon Wallace, Tyler Wallace, Selena Wallace, Donald Hastings, Deidra Boyd and husband, Ben, and Brooke Puckett and husband Chris; great-grandchildren, Kason Hastings, Brelynn Hastings, Nathan Puckett, Ryder Puckett, Tabbitha Boyd and Matthew Boyd; and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.

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