Martha Ann Walls 87 longtime Houston newspaper figure dies
Martha Ann Williams Walls a Houston businesswoman and longtime head of Southern Newspapers Inc died at 87 of natural causes. widow of B Carriage Walls she helped found the firm which operates 14 papers. memorial service scheduled at St Martins Episcopal Church. survived by son Byrd Cooper Walls daughter Lissa Wahldiek and others. donations requested to Salvation Army or St Martin's Episcopal Houston.
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Pick) Williams
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Gadsden High School
Gadsden Times
Martha Ann Williams
Carriage Walls
Baylor University
Trinity University
University of Alabama
University of Texas
Martha Ann Walls
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
Jean Walls Garcich
Mark Thomas Walls
Carriage Lee Walls Sr
Mark Thomas Walls Jr
Benson Dunn Walls
Jerry Anthony Garcich
Yvonne Walls
Birmingham
Nell Dunn Walls
Lanett
Ala
Sarah Elizabeth Malinak
Joseph
Asheville
N.C
Dinah Garcich Bilkis
Dave
Lake Worth
Fla
Paige Garcich
Phenix City
Carriage Lee Walls, Jr
Jeanne
Joseph Walls
Greg Fritzler
Bonnie Lou Herron Heiman obituary notice
Bonnie Lou Herron Heiman died Sunday November 20 2014 at home surrounded by family. Born March 18 1927 in La Porte Texas she was the seventh of sixteen children and later lived in Baytown and Spring. Survived by daughter Christine Anne Tholstrup son Mark Heiman and Keith Heiman grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services December 4 2014 at St Mark's United Methodist Church with burial Resthaven Cemetery. Memorials to Alzheimer's Foundation.
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Opal Lee Herron
la Porte
Texas
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Baytown
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Lee Col
Rich
Mark
Courtney
Whitney
Spring
Matthew Frank Heiman
Gerald Wayne Walker
Rose Heiman
Christine Anne Tholstrup
Richard Tholstrup
Mark He
Marie Frances
Grace Louise
Navarre Funeral Home
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Linda Tolan
Resthaven Cemetery
Houston
the Alzheimer’s Research Foundation
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Navarre Funeral Home & Cremation Services
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Harold E Smith Smitty dies at 82 veteran with Viet Nam service
Harold E Smith known as Smitty was born in Coopers Alabama on October 20 1932 and died November 18 2014 at 82 after a long military career of 31 years including embassy duty in Finland drill instructor duty at Parris Island and two tours in Vietnam He later taught JROTC at Tuba City High School Sterling and Robert E Lee in Texas and retired to Cottonwood California with his wife Vickie Surviving family includes wife Vickie son Carl Nicholas Smith step son Zack Campbell sister Mary Smith Elliot and several nieces and nephews A service was held November 25 2014 at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo California.
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Japan
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Arizona
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Baytown
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Carl Nicholas Smith
Zack Campbell
Mary Smith Elliot
Opelika
Liberty
Carmel Moore
Adolph Smith
Northern California Veterans Cemetery
Igo
California
Walls family leaves legacy in Texas and Alabama papers
The Walls family, longtime Baytown Sun and related papers owners, are remembered for business acumen and generosity. Martha Ann Walls, a pilot and philanthropist, aided journalism scholarships at Baylor Trinity Alabama and Texas. The Walls Foundation supported communities, with papers including The Baytown Sun The Facts of Clute Lake Jackson The Lufkin News and others.
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Baylor University
Trinity University
University of Alabama
University of Texas
Martha Ann Walls
University of Texas Medical
Galveston
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