Carl Henry Wallis^[1]

1919 - 2005  (86 years)

• Name	Carl Henry Wallis
  Born	4 Mar 1919	St. Louis, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Oct 2005	Holston Health Care Center, Knox County, Tennessee   [2, 3, 4]
  Buried	4 Oct 2005	Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I318558	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Carl Henry Wallis,   d. Bef 1 Oct 2005
  Mother	Katy Ochs,   d. Bef 1 Oct 2005
  Family ID	F124931	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Florence A. Howell,   b. Abt 1921, Tennessee ,   d. 28 May 2004, NHC of Knoxville  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Children	1. Margaret Ann Wallis
  Family ID	F124920	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - 4 Oct 2005 - Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 11 Mar 2012. Mary Kate (Howell) Hodges obituary [S87] Death Certificate. Name Date of Death / Age County of Death County / State of Residence Marital Status Gender Race File # WALLIS CARL H 10-01-2005 / 86 KNOX KNOX / TN WIDOWER M WHITE 45707 [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 499-05-8070. Issued in Missouri residing in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 3 Oct 2005. WALLIS , CARL HENRY - age 86 well known landscape designer & Vice President of Howell Nurseries passed away Saturday October 1, 2005 at Holston Health Care Center. He was born in St Louis, Mo and attended the University of Missouri where he studied horticulture. A veteran of WWII, he served in the South Pacific in the Army with a rank of Sergeant Major in the Infantry Battalion. He came to Knoxville in 1947 and started work at Howell Nurseries Inc where he met his future wife Florence Howell. He is well known for his unique way of pruning shrubs by hand with a pocket knife. Mr. Wallis was a member of Magnolia Ave United Methodist Church where he was head usher, and was on the Board of Trustees. He was also on the board of trustees for Old Gray Cemetery member and former President of the Knoxville Men's Garden Club, now called Gardener's Forum a 25 year member of the Toastmasters Club of Fountain City, and 30 year member of the Smoky Mtn. Woodcarvers. He was also a faithful attendee of the woodcarver class at the O'Conner Center every Friday morning. Preceded in death by wife Florence Ann Howell Wallis father: Carl Henry Wallis Sr. mother: Katy Ochs Wallis step mother: Margaret Daly Wallis sister: Maude Esther Lee brother: Harold Wallis . Survivors: daughter: Margaret Ann Gehring & husband Bobby grandson: Jeremy Zimmerman & wife Tara sisters-in-law: Katherine Howell of Knoxville, Mary K. Hodges of Sevierville & Josie Wallis of St Louis, Mo. several nieces & nephews. " Special Thanks to Dr Alan Solomon for being a true friend, Katherine Howell for making sure he had plenty to eat and Joyce Riddle for being a good neighbor and taking care of his garden and to the Staff of Holston Health Care. Funeral service 7:00 p.m. Monday Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel with Rev Walter Willis officiating. Family & friends will meet at the main entrance to Greenwood Cemetery 9:45 a.m. Tuesday for interment at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Magnolia Ave United Methodist Church 2700 Magnolia Ave. Knoxville 37914 or to Knoxville Botanical Gardens 2743 Wimpole Ave Knoxville 37914. The Family will receive friends 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday at Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel.