Lucile Wallace
Lucile Wallace

Obituary of Lucile M. Wallace

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Mrs. Lucile Mast Wallace, age 96, of Milton Brown Heirs Road, Boone, died Wednesday morning, May 14, 2008 at Glenbridge Health & Rehab. Born February 15, 1912 in Watauga County, she was the daughter of the late Milton McLean and Floy Cottrell Mast. Mrs. Wallace was a charter member of Greenway Baptist Church, a member of the NC Retired School Personal, and a volunteer at Watauga Medical Center for eighteen years. Lucile was a retired librarian, and was active in community affairs. Surviving are one daughter, Margaret Stewart and husband Gene of Monroe, one granddaughter, Shelley Simkins and husband Jesse of Clearlake, Minnesota. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Custer William Wallace. Funeral services for Mrs. Lucile Mast Wallace will be conducted Friday morning at 10:30 at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home. Officiating will be Dr. David Luster. Burial will follow at Mount Lawn Memorial Park & Gardens. The family will receive friends Friday morning prior to the service from 9 o'clock until 10:30 at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home. The family respectfully requests no flowers, and suggests memorials to High Country Health Care System Hospice, 400 Shadowline Drive, Suite 100-B, Boone, NC 28607 or to the American Heart Association, P O Box 5216, Glen Allen Virginia, 23058-5216. Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Wallace family.