Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. until funeral time at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Beulah Baptist Church, 5544 North Bayou Black Drive in Gibson, LA. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Earline Williams Wallis; sons, Melvin, Jr. (Allison) and Wesley Wallis; daughter, Melanie Edmonds (Norman, Jr.); grandchildren, Melvin Wallis, III and Noelle Kamille Edmonds; brothers, Benjamin, Jr., Donald, Eddie, Lionel, Kenny and Tony Wallis; sisters, Diane Coleman, Linda Butler, Gaynell Wallis and Wanda Bowie; aunt, Gloria T. Wallis; and a host of other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Benjamin, Sr. and Dorothy McGuire Wallis; brother, Stafford Wallis; sister, Claudia Wallis; paternal grandparents, Harris and Genny McGuire; and maternal grandparents, Eddie and Leola Wallis.
Arrangements entrusted to Jones Funeral Home of Houma.
