Mary Annetta Wallace, 69 of Grand Prairie, Texas passed away July 6, 2014. Born in Kennett, Missouri on October 9, 1944, married Bobby Gene Wallace on December 29, 1960. Mary stayed home and raised her five kids until she and Bobby opened their own business in 1984. Bobby ran the shop while Mary ran the office. She worked until his passing in 2002, then took a job at Pep Boys in Grand Prairie, later transferring to the Irving store. She had a passion for turning trash into treasure. She could look at something and just know in her mind what she wanted to transform it into. She loved going to the drag races first with Bobby, then with her kids. She raised five kids, but had numerous people she considered her children, loving them all just as if they were her own. Preceded in death by her loving husband, Bobby Wallace, Sr., her parents Clarence and Opal Thompson, brothers, Bill, Leonard and Harold; sisters Janie Thompson, Medrith Thompson and brother-in-law Bill Ward. Survived by children Bobby Wallace Jr. and Felecia, Mary Wooley and husband Roy, Lisa Stepan and husband John, Scott Wallace and wife Katrina, Clint Wallace and wife Dena; grandkids, Brandon and Justin Wallace, Julie DeBaun, Callie Silas, Kyle Keeling, Tiffani and Morgan Wallace, Cale and Presley Wallace; great-grandchildren, Kalie and Brodie Wallace, Jhett Wallace, Emma DeBaun and Addison Silas; brothers Jim Thompson and wife Sue, Charles Thompson and wife Barbara; sister Lois Ward, and numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Susan G. Komen.
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