Elizabeth '(Libby) ' 'Libby' Wallis' Obituary
Elizabeth (Libby) Wallis, 89, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at the Willard Walker Hospice Home in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was born November 15, 1925 in Tampa, Florida to Robert Lee and Ada Belle Hodges. She was preceded in death by sisters, Margaret Nell Hines and Dorothy Lee Dahler.
She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1943 and married James Robert Wallis on June 10, 1944 in Washington DC. She was active in the Methodist Church all her life. Libby and Jim lived most of their lives in Oklahoma and Arkansas and raised their three children there. She owned The Nearly New Shoppe with her sister in Oklahoma City and later the Clothes Closet in Little Rock.
Libby suffered from Alzheimer’s and bravely fought this disease for over 15 years.
She is survived by her husband, Jim Wallis of Springdale; a son, Jim Jr. and wife Cathy of Sonoma, California; daughters, Mary Jane Pruniski and husband Jack of Little Rock and Luann Horn and husband Mike of Fayetteville; grandchildren, Brian Pruniski and wife Julie, Carrie Taylor and husband Jeff, Jeff Pruniski, Tom Wallis and Heath and Tanner Horn; great-grandchildren, Noah and Reid Pruniski and Ellie Taylor.
A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Moore’s Chapel in Fayetteville with Bill Seeger officiating. Interment will be in the Fayetteville National Cemetery, under the direction of Moore’s Chapel.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, c/o The Gardens at Arkanshire, 5000 Arkanshire Circle, Springdale, Arkansas 72764.
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