James T.Wallace

James Wallace

James T. Wallace, Jr., 70, of Greenville passed away on October 28, 2009 at Baylor Medical Center of Dallas.  Services will be at 2:00 PM Sunday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Patrick Archibald officiating.  Interment will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park.  Visitation will be from 3:00 to 5:00 PM Saturday at the funeral home. 

Mr. Wallace was born June 25, 1939 in Greenville to J. T. Wallace, Sr. and Sallie Modine Rickman Wallace.  In 1981, he married Marquetta Harrison in Greenville.  In earlier years, he was employed as a milk distributor for Borden’s and most recently owned and operated Wallace Windshield Company. 

His survivors include his wife of Greenville; sons Troy Wallace and Chad Wallace of Greenville and Bryant Wallace and wife Saundra of Spring; daughters Eva Green and husband Barry of Greenville and Jamie Swagerty and husband Guinn of Terrell; step-daughter Stevanne Ellis and husband, John of Baltimore, Maryland; sister Lou Ann Wallace of Greenville; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; longtime best-friends Neal and Donna Hales of Greenville; niece Renee Miller; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. 

He was preceded in death by his parents and a grandson Daniel Wells.

Grandsons will serve as pallbearers and classmates of Greenville High School graduating class of 1957 will be honorary pallbearers.

The family request donations be made to the American Hospice of McKinney or the American Lung Association.