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Reuben Lee Wallace 1931 - 2001

Reuben Lee Wallace of Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, VA was born on April 24, 1931 in Dry Fork to George Lee Wallace and Virginia Carter (Yates) Wallace. He had siblings Virginia Dare Wallace Jones, Margaret Frances (Wallace) Pruitt, Thelma Virginia Wallace, Evelyn Helen (Wallace) Scarce Oakes, Mildred (Wallace) Emerson, Betty Joyce (Wallace) Marshall, George David Wallace, Kenneth Ray Wallace, and Dennis Wayne Wallace. Reuben Wallace died at age 70 years old on October 30, 2001 in Dry Fork, and was buried on November 2, 2001 at Highland Burial Park N Main St, in Danville.
Reuben Lee Wallace
Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, VA 24549
April 24, 1931
Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 24540, United States
October 30, 2001
Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 24540, United States
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  • 04/24
    1931

    Birthday

    April 24, 1931
    Birthdate
    Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia 24540, United States
    Birthplace
  • 10/30
    2001

    Death

    October 30, 2001
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia 24540, United States
    Death location
  • 11/2
    2001

    Gravesite & Burial

    November 2, 2001
    Funeral date
    Highland Burial Park N Main St, in Danville, Virginia 24540, United States
    Burial location
  • Obituary

    Reuben Wallace DRY FORK, V.A. - Reuben Lee Wallace, 70, of 132 Stowe Lane, died Tuesday, October 30, 2001, at the residence after over two years of declining health. Born April 24, 1931, in Pittsylvania County, V.A., he was the son of George Lee Wallace and Virginia Yates Wallace. He was married December 12, 1952, to Hope Jeanette Adkins Wallace, who predeceased him September 10, 1988. He had lived most of his life in Dry Fork and was retired from Dan River Mills after over 35 years in the Riverside Division. He was of the Methodist faith. Survivors include two brothers, Kenneth Wallace and Dennis Wallace, both of Dry Fork, and four sisters, Evelyn W. Oakes of Ruffin, N.C., Virginia W. Jones of Blairs, V.A., Mildred W. Emerson of Dry Fork, V.A., and Betty W. Marshall of Roanoke, V.A. He was predeceased, in addition to his wife and parents, by one brother, George David Wallace; a twin sister, Thelma Virginia Wallace, and one sister, Margaret W. Pruitt. The funeral will be held 2 P.M. Friday at Wrenn-Yeatts North Main Chapel with the Rev. Clay Knick officiating. Interment will follow at HIghland Burial Park. The family will receive friends 7-8:30 P.M. Thursday at Wrenn-Yeatts North Main Chapel and other times at the residence. Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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In 1931, in the year that Reuben Lee Wallace was born, on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
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In 1944, by the time he was merely 13 years old, on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.
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