In Memory of

Jean

Griswold

Wallace

Obituary for Mrs. Jean Griswold Wallace

LaGrange - The Management and Staff of Williams & Ashford Funeral Directors join with the Wallace and connected families to announce the transition of Ms. Jean Wallace, 89, who passed away on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at her residence.


JEAN GRISWOLD WALLACE, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JAMES AND ARTENSA LOFTON GRISWOLD, WAS BORN IN WAYNE COUNTY ON MAY 23, 1933. SHE WAS CALLED TO HER ETERNAL REWARD ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2023, AT HER HOME.



SHE JOINED HOLLY HILL DISCIPLES CHURCH AT AN EARLY AGE. SHE GRADUATED FROM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. SHE LATER MOVED TO NEW YORK, WHERE SHE LIVED AND WORKED FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON HERBERT WALLACE, A GRANDSON HERBERT WALLACE JR., A SISTER CAROLYN GRISWOLD AND BROTHERS JAMES AND CHARLIE GRISWOLD.



SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES ONE DAUGHTER BARBARA GRISWOLD BELL (GILBERT), A SISTER MS. EMMA GRISWOLD, A SISTER-IN-LAW, VERNA CORE, AND TWO GRANDSONS FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA. TWO GREAT GRANDSONS ALSO OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA. A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND FRIENDS. SPECIAL FRIENDS, THE MANOOCHERIANS OF NEW YORK.






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