PADUCAH, KY - Thelma Yates Wallace, 85 of Paducah passed away at 10:14 P.M. Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Western Baptist Hospital.

Mrs. Wallace was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and worked as a bank teller.

She is survived by her husband of 65 years Lewis Edward Wallace; one daughter Glenda Phillips of Paducah; one son Johnny Wallace of Paducah; five grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

Mrs. Wallace was preceded in death by her parents George Mack and Bertha Caroline Reynolds Yates.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah with Rev. Jamie Broome officiating. Burial will follow in the Wallace Family Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until service time on Wednesday at the funeral home.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Autism Speaks, ATTN Web Gift, 5455 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 2250, Los Angeles, CA 90036, or to Immanuel Baptist Church 3465 Buckner Lane, Paducah, KY 42001.

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