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Jim Walls 1920 - 1997

Jim Walls of Greenwood, Leflore County, MS was born on April 17, 1920 in Carroll County, and died at age 77 years old on July 28, 1997 in Greenwood, Leflore County. Jim Walls was buried at Pleasant Green Cemetery 2754 Co Rd 74, in Winona, Carroll County.
Jim Walls
Greenwood, Leflore County, MS 38930
April 17, 1920
Carroll County, Mississippi, United States
July 28, 1997
Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States
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  • Introduction

    Jim Walls was born to Sylvester Walls (born 1897) and Rendie Meeks (born 1894). He served in the U.S. army and enlisted on October 30th 1943 and was discharged on March 16th 1944. He died of a stroke and left two daughters and five sons.
  • 04/17
    1920

    Birthday

    April 17, 1920
    Birthdate
    Carroll County, Mississippi United States
    Birthplace
  • Nationality & Locations

    Jim was born in Carroll Mississippi, lived in Holmes Mississippi in the 1930s-1940s, and in Greenwood, Leflore county Mississippi upon his passing.
  • Military Service

    Jim served in the U.S. army and enlisted on October 30th 1943 and was discharged on March 16th 1944.
  • Professional Career

    Jim worked in ginning cotton.
  • 07/28
    1997

    Death

    July 28, 1997
    Death date
    stroke
    Cause of death
    Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi United States
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Pleasant Green Cemetery 2754 Co Rd 74, in Winona, Carroll County, Mississippi 38967, United States
    Burial location
  • Obituary

    The following appeared in the Greenwood Commonwealth in Greenwood Mississippi on Friday August 1st 1997: Jim Walls - Services for Jim Walls, 77, of Greenwood, who died of a stroke on Monday, July 28, 1997, at Greenwood Leflore Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. Mr Walls had been employed ginning cotton. Survivors include two daughters, Alice Walls and Dorothy Gaston, both of Greenwood; five sons, Thomas Walls of Greenwood, Marion Walls of Dobson, N.C., Matthew Walls of Atlanta, Sylvester Walls of Columbus, Ga., and Bennie Walls, also of Columbus; one sister, Maggie Mae Richardson of Jackson; one brother, Charlie Weatherspoon of Greenwood; nine grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Pleasant Green Cemetery in Carrol County. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Byas Mortuary.
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