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1943 - 2010 (67 years)| Name | Melvin Harrell WALLACE [2, 3, 4, 5] | |
| Birth | 22 Mar 1943 | Murfreesboro, Tennessee  [4] |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina of 2725 Marywood Lane MELVIN H. WALLACE Melvin Harrell Wallace, 67, husband of Sandra "Sandy" Hinson Wallace, died Sunday, July 25, 2010, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., he was a son of the late Paul and Mary Sue Sims Wallace. Mr. Wallace was a member of First Baptist Church and the Casey Pitts Sunday School Class. He graduated from Central High School in Murfreesboro and attended Middle Tennessee State University. Mr. Wallace was a professional horse trainer for many years. He moved to Sumter as the trainer at Hinson's Walking Horse Stables. He was retired from the City of Sumter. He was a member of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association and the S.C Horse Show Association. He was selected Trainer of the Year, Horseman of the Year and elected to the S.C. Walking Horse Association Hall of Fame. He was a judge for the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders Association and the Mountain Horse Association. Mr. Wallace felt his greatest accomplishment was working with juvenile riders and having eight of them attain the state award of Juvenile Rider of the Year. Mr. Wallace was also a professional auctioneer. Surviving are his wife of Sumter; one son, Matthew Scott Wallace and wife, Lisa, of Murfreesboro; one brother, Lynn Wallace of Murfreesboro; one sister, Jane James of Murfreesboro; two grandchildren, Josh and Kaitlyn Wallace; three nieces, Kim Jones and husband, Ransom, and McKenzie Wallace, both of Murfreesboro, and Allison Reaves and husband, Lee, of Alcolu; three nephews, Matthew Wallace, John Jones and wife, Tracy, of Murfreesboro and Chris Rorick of Sumter; numerous great-nieces and great-nephews; his mother-in-law, Mary L. Hinson, and sister-in-law, Lynn H. Mood and husband, Bobby, all of Sumter; and one uncle, Harry Sims of Pulski, Tenn. He was predeceased by his parents; a son, Michael Shane Wallace; three aunts, Hazel Turrentine, Nell Robertson and Evelyn Sims; one uncle, Charles Sims; and a sister-in-law, Judith H. Rorick. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Clanton and the Rev. Lyn Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Chris Rorick, Bobby Mood, Lee Reaves, Casey Pitts, Tommy Laney, Frank Laney, Landy Laney and David Boyce. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Casey Pitts Sunday School Class. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home, 2725 Marywood Lane. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church Global Mission Fund, 107 E. Liberty St., P.O. Box 867, Sumter, SC 29150 or to the S.C. Walking Horse Scholarship Fund, c/o Tina Young, 1608 Williamson Road, Florence, SC 29505. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. [3] | |
| _UID | B11C0A99DD2C458398A07B26F5C328C1BB80 | |
| Death | 25 Jul 2010 | Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
| Burial | 28 Jul 2010 | Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [3] |
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| Person ID | I162124 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 28 Oct 2021 | |
| Father | Paul WALLACE d. Bef 25 Jul 2010 | |
| Mother | Mary Sue SIMS d. Bef 25 Jul 2010 | |
| _UID | F503C3F0BF96484DB514FC05884FC0F8EEFC | |
| _UID | F503C3F0BF96484DB514FC05884FC0F8EEFC | |
| Family ID | F173311 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Sandra “Sandy” HINSON | |||||
| _UID | 59CB4B0D1634497BB0F5DB513549CC680D42 | |||||
| _UID | 59CB4B0D1634497BB0F5DB513549CC680D42 | |||||
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| Family ID | F110509 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |||||
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