Barney Tyson Wallis
Posted: December 22, 2009
STARKVILLE — Barney Tyson Wallis, 77, died Dec. 20, 2009, at Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville. Services are Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Welch Funeral Home chapel in Starkville with the Revs. Jim and Jean Threadgill officiating. Graveside services will be at Jumpertown Cemetery in Booneville at 1:30 p.m. Visitation is today from 5-7 p.m. at Welch Funeral Home and also Wednesday one hour prior to service. Mr. Wallis was a retired sales representative for Dobbins Corp., member of Sturgis Methodist Church and a graduate of Mississippi State University. He was also a veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leonard C. Wallis and Junie Wallis Goolsby. He is survived by his wife, Jean McMurray Wallis, of Starkville; daughters, Connie Murphy and Cathy Podolece, both of Columbus; son, Steve Wallis, of Columbus; sisters, Rachel Eaton and Karen Moffitt, both of Rienzi, and Carol Killough, of Booneville; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to the charity of your choice.