Jw Walls

Graveside services for JW Walls, age 88, of Ivanhoe, Texas will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, August 25, 2022, at the Sandy Cemetery under the direction of Wise Funeral Home.  Bro. Raymond Bell will officiate.

Mr. Walls passed away on Sunday, August 21, 2022, at the Texoma Medical Center in Denison.

Mr. Walls was born on September 2, 1933, in Blue Ridge, Texas, the son of Johnny Wylie Walls and Vera Walls.  He graduated from Blue Ridge High School.  He entered the United States Army and served from 1953-1955 and then married Eula Grace VanHooser on September 19, 1956, in Durant, Oklahoma and she preceded him in death on April 12, 2015.  He later received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Texas A&M University in College Station in 1960.  He worked for the Texas Highway Department from 1960-1961 and Parker Ford in Dallas from 1961-1962.  He began his career with the Garland ISD and Bonham ISD as a School Tax Assessor Collector and retired from Garland ISD in the 1990's.  He enjoyed watching football, basketball, and loved to garden and fish.  Mr. Walls was a member of the Bonham Masonic Lodge.   He was preceded in death by his wife, Eula and brothers, Willie, George, Jessie, Claude, Wylie, Eddie, Alton, Cotton, Harvey, and Leon Walls.

He is survived by his son, Johnny Walls and his wife Lori of Merit, Texas, daughter, Connie Gammons and her husband Jeff of Ivanhoe, brother, Ernie Walls and his wife Beverly of Princeton, Texas, sisters, Dora Ann Knight of Farmersville, Texas, and Patsy Greenwood and her husband Jimmy of Boyd, Texas, and his sister-in-law, Lois Walls;  grandchildren, Justin Gammons (Lori), Josh Gammons (Kasey), Jacob Gammons (Morgan), Christopher Brunson (Amanda), Grayson Holt (Lauren);  great grandchildren, Jaci Gammons, Jamie Gammons, Jaxson Gammons, Jagger Gammons, and Jaydon Gammons, Everett Gammons and Augustus Gammons, and Parker Brunson, numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and a host of friends.

Pallbearers will be Justin Gammons, Josh Gammons, Jacob Gammons, Christopher Brunson, Grayson Holt, and James Wright.

The family will receive friends at Wise Funeral Home from 7:00 PM until 8:00 PM Wednesday, August 24, 2022.

You may sign the online guest register at www.wisefuneralhome.com