Allen Wallace

Allen Wilson Wallace, Sr., 74, New Johnsonville, passed away April 15, 2011. The funeral will be at 2:00 pm Wednesday at Anglin Funeral Home. Burial will be at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 - 8:00 pm Tuesday at Anglin Funeral Home and from 10:00 am until the service on Wednesday. A Masonic Service will be held at 7:00 pm Tuesday at Anglin Funeral Home. A reception honoring Judge Wallace will be from 5:00 - 7:00 pm Monday at the Waverly Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was born November 11, 1936 in Stewart County, son of the late Bazzie and Ilene Wallace. He married his beloved wife, Patsy Ann Williams Wallace, on November 17, 1961, who preceded him in death on August 21, 2006. Judge Wallace served in the U.S. Army, 101st Airborne Division, Military Intelligence. He attended Austin Peay State University and Nashville School of Law. Judge Wallace was a practicing attorney for 25 years, in 1988 he was elected Circuit Court Judge for the 23rd Judicial District. In 2003 he took Senior Judge Status, where he traveled the State to hear special cases even sitting on the State Supreme Court. He entered Retired Judge status in June of 2010. He was a dual member of the Lineport Lodge #207, Bumpus Mills, and George Hillman Lodge #431, Hurricane Mills. He was a York rite Mason and 33 Degree Scottish Rite Mason, and attended the Waverly Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his three children, Ramona Wallace Rychen (Chuck), Kimberly Wallace Hayes, and Allen Wilson Wallace, Jr. (Stephanie), five grandchildren, Lynda Rychen, Jake Rychen, AJ Wallace, Nathan Wallace, and Sam Hayes, and one great grandchild, Paityn Ann. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. In lieu of memorials, donations may be made to the Waverly Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 109 North Main Street Waverly, TN.