Doreen Wallace

Doreen Mary Wallace, 99, of Huntsville, passed away Saturday, July 22, 2023, at her home. She was born March 22, 1924, at Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England, to Percy James and Mary Millington Lee. As a young lady, Doreen grew up in the village of Silver End, Essex, England, during World War II. She immigrated to the United States as a war bride aboard the Queen Mary and passed the Statue of Liberty as the ship arrived in New York Harbor. She settled in the community of Kingston, Arkansas, where she lived for a few years before moving to Port Arthur, Texas, and finally home to Huntsville, Arkansas, where she lived for most of her life. Doreen loved her new country and enjoyed celebrating the 4th of July each year by hosting a large party at her home for family and friends. Doreen became a citizen of the United States on April 24, 2002. She was a long-time member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Hayes-Smith Unit #137, serving several years as the Unit Historian. Known affectionately to many as “Nanny Doreen”; she was a member of the Huntsville Church of Christ, where she taught the nursery class for several decades and touched the lives of many generations. Doreen was a homemaker and babysat for many families around Huntsville. She loved each child she cared for as one of her own. Doreen was an avid flower gardener and loved to cook. She especially enjoyed baking and decorating cakes for birthdays and also for wedding and baby showers at church. Doreen loved her family, friends, and church family and enjoyed sending greeting cards to everyone for Christmas, birthdays, and other special occasions. Doreen was preceded in death by her husband, Tommie C. Wallace; her parents, Percy James and Mary Millington Lee; one son and daughter-in-law, Ronald and Mary Woollen; and one son-in-law Carl Wusnack. She was also preceded in death by two brothers and one sister-in-law, Ted and Katie Griffith and Stan Lee. Doreen is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Patricia Wusnack of Huntsville, Arkansas, and Deborah and Randy Bohannan of Huntsville, Arkansas; five grandchildren, Lance and Dyanna Yarbro of Monett, Missouri, Shane and Michelle Yarbro of Huntsville, Arkansas, Robbin Connell Awn of Spring Hill, Florida, Tamitha and Eric Blocker of Huntsville, Arkansas, and Melissa and Matthew Marvin of Huntsville, Arkansas. She is also survived by eleven great-grandchildren, England Yarbro, Suzette Yarbro, Katy Hamilton, Brooke Reynolds, Braxton Yarbro, Blake Yarbro, Kacey Awn, Cody Awn, Leigh Blocker, Lauren Blocker, and Gillian Marvin; several great-great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Sheila Lee of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, July 28, 2023, at Brashears Funeral Home in Huntsville, with Larry Combs officiating. Private interment will be held at a later date at the Fayetteville National Cemetery in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Services are entrusted to Brashears Funeral Home and Crematory of Huntsville.

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Doreen Wallace

March 22, 1924 - July 22, 2023