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John Mills

Biography

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 7 (chart 15), Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.

Rachel Bates

Biography

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 7 (chart 15), Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.

John Beals

Biography

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 7 (chart 15), Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.

Sarah Bowater

Biography

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 7 (chart 15), Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.

Thomas Wickersham

Biography

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 7 (chart 15), Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.

Alice Hogge

Biography

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 7 (chart 15), Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.

Robert Eachus

Biography

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 7 (chart 15), Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.

Elizabeth [--?--]

Biography

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 7 (chart 15), Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.

Rev. Epson Wilbur ("E.W.") Walls

Parents

Biography

Note	"E. W. Walls was converted in a church meeting held in a school house. He had been a harem-scarem young man, really an alcoholic. He had an experience that revolutionized his life at around age 20. He felt called to preach. His first church was in a one room school lighted by lanterns and heated with a pot belly stove. He held revival meetings that changed the whole society around there. People stopped drinking. Later on, others would tell him, 'You changed my life.' He held meetings and out of it flowed significant changes. He studied for the ministry with the Free Methodist Church on his own and became an Elder and a Deacon. Elsie, his wife, collected eggs from her chickens on the farm, saved her money and bought a desk from Sears and Roebuck using a catalog. It was solid oak with a section for books and a fold-out writing platform.  F.Wesley Walls re-silvered the glass in it later on. E.W. Walls was capable and energetic. He was very resourceful. He had wisdom and was a person of innovation. He had a farm outside Yale, OK. At that time the oil industry was just developing across the Arkansas River. He got a job as a water boy. In two weeks, he was in charge of those workmen who had taunted him by calling him ‘boy.’ E.W. also raised and peddled produce. He would put produce in the back of his truck and visit the town of Yale. He would chant, 'Cantaloupes, cantaloupes, get your nice, fresh, home-grown Rockyford cantaloupes.'  Housewives would come out into the street and buy from him. He also grew pears that he pedaled as well. He would call out, 'Pears for pie-making.' Later, he sold Maytag washing machines, two kinds, electric and gas. He would put two in the back of his pickup truck each morning. He would demonstrate the machines to sell them. He would pull out the gyrator and hammer it on the lid to call the men in for dinner at noon to show how hardy they were.  At the time, he was the number one salesman for Maytag in the country. Management at Maytag wanted him to do more with them, but he felt called to preach. He did a lot of things tos upport his family during the Depression. In the oil fields the steel tanks were made in bands, one band on top of the other. To seal them, men had to hammer them together. This was hard work. Later, he was in charge of the men who did that work. In retirement, he raised fuchsias at his home in Seattle near Seattle Pacific University. He created a structure of pipes to drip the water into the fuchsia pots. He named each fuchsia for each female in the Walls family. He created a large tree like structure that rotated the fuchsias around.  A picture of each female in the family was put on 'their' fuchsia.  (At the time of his funeral, the fuchsias were dispersed to those who wanted them.) He was good at mechanical things and human relationships."1
Birth	Rev. Epson Wilbur ("E.W.") Walls was born on 8 June 1890 in Warsaw, Benton, Missouri, United States.2,3,4
Marriage	He and Elsie Pearl Jackson were married on 1 April 1908 in Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States.2,3
Census	He appeared in the census in 1910 at Main St. in Newkirk, Kay, Oklahoma, United States.
Ordination	He was ordained in 1922.4
Note	A 24 October 1937 program for Sunday worship at the Free Methodist Church in Waterloo, Iowa, listed the Rev. E.W. Walls as Pastor, and Wesley Walls as Assistant Pastor. It also gives the news that "Brother and Sister Wesley Walls returned Thursday evening from their honeymoon." A copy of the program can be viewed at the following link:
Note	Don Picken, in 1988 article in the Sunday Oregonian, recalled attending a Free Methodist camp meeting in Birmingham, Iowa back in 1950, where the Rev. E. Wilbur Walls was especially effective at collecting donations. The article follows at this link:
Note	On 30 March 1958 E.W. and Elsie celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. An invitation to the event is found at the following link:
Note	On 24 March 1968 E.W. and Elsie celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. An invitation to the event is found at the following link:
Death	He died on 20 October 1981 at age 91 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.2,4
Note	E. W. Wilbur's funeral was 23 October 1981 at the First Free Methodist Church in Seattle. A copy of the funeral program can be found at the following link:

Person Exhibits

Rev. E.W. Walls and Elsie Walls

"Parents E. Wilbur & Elsie Walls" (taped label on reverse)

Elsie and E.Wilbur Walls

Elsie and E. Wilbur Walls

E.W. Walls

"John William Thomas Walls, EW, Mable, Willard" (reverse)

"Paul, E.W., Elsie, F. Wesley Walls"

"Seated Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Standing L to R: Paul Walls, Vera Walls, Wes Joy, Mable Joy, Elizabeth Walls, F. Wesley Walls" (reverse) (best available copy)

F. Wesley Walls, E.W. Walls, Elsie Walls, Paul Walls

“L to R: (first row) E.W. Walls, Forrest Walls, Lynda Walls, Paul Walls (seated), LaVera Joy, Wesley Joy, Elsie Walls, Burton Walls, Janice Joy, Vera Walls, Kay J. Joy, F. Wesley Walls, Mable Joy, Willard Joy, Roger Walls.”

"E.W. Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Forrest Walls(?), Elsie Walls, Elizabeth Walls" (FEW)

Walla Walla, WA, home of Wesley + Mable Joy, 1948. Backrow: Paul T. Walls, Willard Joy, Wesley Joy, Wesley Walls, Kay Jay Joy, Middle: Vera M. Walls, Mable Grace Joy, E. Wilbur Walls, Elsie Jackson Walls, Elizbaeth Walls holding Francine E. Walls, Janice Joy, Front: Roger Walls, Lynda Walls, Burton Walls, LaVera Joy, Forest W. Walls

"Wesley & Elizabeth Walls 25th Wedding Celebration, Fall, 1962, Wesley's parents: Rev. & Mrs. E. Wilbur Walls, Elizabeth's parents: Major & Mrs. Frank I. Pickering." (reverse)

“L to R (back row) E.W. Walls, Elsie Walls, Francine Walls, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Burton Walls, Sylvia Walls, Lynda Walls, Roger Walls, Vera Walls. Seated: Mable Joy, Wesley Joy, LaVera Cowin, Jim Cowin, Lorraine Walls, Kurt Walls. Little girls: Shari Cowin, Debbie Cowin, Carol Lynn Cowin, 1964” (best available copy)

“Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Frank Pickering, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Bertha Pickering, Vi Walls, Forrest Walls. Vi & Forrest Walls’ Wedding.”

Citations

1. [S73] interview with F. Wesley and Elizabeth Walls ([address for private use], Glen Cove, Washington), by Forrest W. Walls (son), et al., 1991. notes held by Francine E. Walls ().
2. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Epson Wilbur Walls, Gordon L. Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
3. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, John William Thomas Walls.
4. [S64] Jean Fischer, grand daughter of John Wesley Walls, "Walls-Tippie-Estes"; report, family group sheets held by Francine E. Walls.

Elsie Pearl Jackson

Parents

Biography

Burial	Elsie Pearl Jackson was buried at Evergreen Memorial Park.
Person Source	She had person sources.1
Birth	She was born on 3 March 1892 in Kinsley, Kansas, United States.2
Marriage	Rev. Epson Wilbur ("E.W.") Walls and she were married on 1 April 1908 in Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States.2,3
Witness	She appeared in the household of Rev. Epson Wilbur ("E.W.") Walls in the census in 1910 at Main St. in Newkirk, Kay, Oklahoma, United States.
Witness	On 30 March 1958 E.W. and Elsie celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. An invitation to the event is found at the following link:
Witness	On 24 March 1968 E.W. and Elsie celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. An invitation to the event is found at the following link:
Death	She died on 11 July 1979 at age 87 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.2
Note	A copy of the funeral program, from 13 July 1979, can be viewed at the following link:

Person Exhibits

Rev. E.W. Walls and Elsie Walls

"Parents E. Wilbur & Elsie Walls" (taped label on reverse)

Elsie and E.Wilbur Walls

Elsie and E. Wilbur Walls

"Paul, E.W., Elsie, F. Wesley Walls"

"Seated Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Standing L to R: Paul Walls, Vera Walls, Wes Joy, Mable Joy, Elizabeth Walls, F. Wesley Walls" (reverse) (best available copy)

F. Wesley Walls, E.W. Walls, Elsie Walls, Paul Walls

“L to R: (first row) E.W. Walls, Forrest Walls, Lynda Walls, Paul Walls (seated), LaVera Joy, Wesley Joy, Elsie Walls, Burton Walls, Janice Joy, Vera Walls, Kay J. Joy, F. Wesley Walls, Mable Joy, Willard Joy, Roger Walls.”

"E.W. Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Forrest Walls(?), Elsie Walls, Elizabeth Walls" (FEW)

"Elsie Jackson Walls" (reverse)

Walla Walla, WA, home of Wesley + Mable Joy, 1948. Backrow: Paul T. Walls, Willard Joy, Wesley Joy, Wesley Walls, Kay Jay Joy, Middle: Vera M. Walls, Mable Grace Joy, E. Wilbur Walls, Elsie Jackson Walls, Elizbaeth Walls holding Francine E. Walls, Janice Joy, Front: Roger Walls, Lynda Walls, Burton Walls, LaVera Joy, Forest W. Walls

"Wesley & Elizabeth Walls 25th Wedding Celebration, Fall, 1962, Wesley's parents: Rev. & Mrs. E. Wilbur Walls, Elizabeth's parents: Major & Mrs. Frank I. Pickering." (reverse)

“L to R (back row) E.W. Walls, Elsie Walls, Francine Walls, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Burton Walls, Sylvia Walls, Lynda Walls, Roger Walls, Vera Walls. Seated: Mable Joy, Wesley Joy, LaVera Cowin, Jim Cowin, Lorraine Walls, Kurt Walls. Little girls: Shari Cowin, Debbie Cowin, Carol Lynn Cowin, 1964” (best available copy)

“Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Frank Pickering, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Bertha Pickering, Vi Walls, Forrest Walls. Vi & Forrest Walls’ Wedding.”

Citations

1. [S52] Unknown, "Reverend E. Wilbur Walls Family"; report, 20 Oct 1981; typed descendant chart held by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Epson Wilbur Walls, Gordon L. Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
3. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, John William Thomas Walls.

Mable Grace Walls

Parents

Biography

Person Exhibits

"Parents E. Wilbur & Elsie Walls" (taped label on reverse)

"John William Thomas Walls, EW, Mable, Willard" (reverse)

"Seated Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Standing L to R: Paul Walls, Vera Walls, Wes Joy, Mable Joy, Elizabeth Walls, F. Wesley Walls" (reverse) (best available copy)

“L to R: (first row) E.W. Walls, Forrest Walls, Lynda Walls, Paul Walls (seated), LaVera Joy, Wesley Joy, Elsie Walls, Burton Walls, Janice Joy, Vera Walls, Kay J. Joy, F. Wesley Walls, Mable Joy, Willard Joy, Roger Walls.”

"c. 1915. Top: Lola Walls, Vern Walls , Mable Walls, Botton: Roy Epson, Paul Titrick, Forrest Wesley Walls, all children of E. Wilbur & Else P. Walls except Lola & Vern" (reverse)

Walla Walla, WA, home of Wesley + Mable Joy, 1948. Backrow: Paul T. Walls, Willard Joy, Wesley Joy, Wesley Walls, Kay Jay Joy, Middle: Vera M. Walls, Mable Grace Joy, E. Wilbur Walls, Elsie Jackson Walls, Elizbaeth Walls holding Francine E. Walls, Janice Joy, Front: Roger Walls, Lynda Walls, Burton Walls, LaVera Joy, Forest W. Walls

“L to R (back row) E.W. Walls, Elsie Walls, Francine Walls, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Burton Walls, Sylvia Walls, Lynda Walls, Roger Walls, Vera Walls. Seated: Mable Joy, Wesley Joy, LaVera Cowin, Jim Cowin, Lorraine Walls, Kurt Walls. Little girls: Shari Cowin, Debbie Cowin, Carol Lynn Cowin, 1964” (best available copy)

Citations

1. [S52] Unknown, "Reverend E. Wilbur Walls Family"; report, 20 Oct 1981; typed descendant chart held by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Epson Wilbur Walls, Gordon L. Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
3. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Wesley Willard Joy.

Wesley Willard Joy

Parents

Biography

Person Exhibits

"Seated Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Standing L to R: Paul Walls, Vera Walls, Wes Joy, Mable Joy, Elizabeth Walls, F. Wesley Walls" (reverse) (best available copy)

“L to R: (first row) E.W. Walls, Forrest Walls, Lynda Walls, Paul Walls (seated), LaVera Joy, Wesley Joy, Elsie Walls, Burton Walls, Janice Joy, Vera Walls, Kay J. Joy, F. Wesley Walls, Mable Joy, Willard Joy, Roger Walls.”

Walla Walla, WA, home of Wesley + Mable Joy, 1948. Backrow: Paul T. Walls, Willard Joy, Wesley Joy, Wesley Walls, Kay Jay Joy, Middle: Vera M. Walls, Mable Grace Joy, E. Wilbur Walls, Elsie Jackson Walls, Elizbaeth Walls holding Francine E. Walls, Janice Joy, Front: Roger Walls, Lynda Walls, Burton Walls, LaVera Joy, Forest W. Walls

“L to R (back row) E.W. Walls, Elsie Walls, Francine Walls, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Burton Walls, Sylvia Walls, Lynda Walls, Roger Walls, Vera Walls. Seated: Mable Joy, Wesley Joy, LaVera Cowin, Jim Cowin, Lorraine Walls, Kurt Walls. Little girls: Shari Cowin, Debbie Cowin, Carol Lynn Cowin, 1964” (best available copy)

Citations

1. [S52] Unknown, "Reverend E. Wilbur Walls Family"; report, 20 Oct 1981; typed descendant chart held by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Wesley Willard Joy, Gordon L. Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
3. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Epson Wilbur Walls.

Roy E. Walls

Parents

Biography

Person Exhibits

"c. 1915. Top: Lola Walls, Vern Walls , Mable Walls, Botton: Roy Epson, Paul Titrick, Forrest Wesley Walls, all children of E. Wilbur & Else P. Walls except Lola & Vern" (reverse)

Citations

1. [S73] interview with F. Wesley and Elizabeth Walls ([address for private use], Glen Cove, Washington), by Forrest W. Walls (son), et al., 1991. notes held by Francine E. Walls ().
2. [S52] Unknown, "Reverend E. Wilbur Walls Family"; report, 20 Oct 1981; typed descendant chart held by Francine E. Walls.
3. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Epson Wilbur Walls, Gordon L. Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Francine E. Walls.

Paul Tetric Walls

Parents

Biography

Person Source	Paul Tetric Walls had person sources.1
Birth	He was born on 27 January 1914 in Yale, Oklahoma, United States.2,3
Note	Paul attended Central Junior College in McPherson, Kansas. After graduation he continued his studies at Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, and the Universities of Utah and California.
Marriage	He and Vera Ethel McMullen were married on 1 April 1936 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.2,3
Note	In a 25 Jan. 1972 article, "A New Lease," in Light and Life, Robert M. Fine tells Paul Wall's life story, up to his recent heart surgery. A copy of the article can be found at the following link:
Note	In 1976 Greenville College conferred on him an honorary Doctor of Laws.
Note	In 1976 the Board of Administration of the Free Methodist Church named Paul T. Walls "Layman of the Year." Donald T. Bastian's speech from the award dinner is at the following link:
Note	A document dated May 1979 contains a timeline of Paul's life, referencing 30 named locations. It can be viewed at the following link:
Death	He died on 19 February 1983 at age 69 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.2,3

Person Exhibits

Paul and Vera Walls

"Paul, E.W., Elsie, F. Wesley Walls"

Paul, Lynda, Vera, Roger Walls

"Seated Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Standing L to R: Paul Walls, Vera Walls, Wes Joy, Mable Joy, Elizabeth Walls, F. Wesley Walls" (reverse) (best available copy)

F. Wesley Walls, E.W. Walls, Elsie Walls, Paul Walls

“L to R: (first row) E.W. Walls, Forrest Walls, Lynda Walls, Paul Walls (seated), LaVera Joy, Wesley Joy, Elsie Walls, Burton Walls, Janice Joy, Vera Walls, Kay J. Joy, F. Wesley Walls, Mable Joy, Willard Joy, Roger Walls.”

"c. 1915. Top: Lola Walls, Vern Walls , Mable Walls, Botton: Roy Epson, Paul Titrick, Forrest Wesley Walls, all children of E. Wilbur & Else P. Walls except Lola & Vern" (reverse)

Walla Walla, WA, home of Wesley + Mable Joy, 1948. Backrow: Paul T. Walls, Willard Joy, Wesley Joy, Wesley Walls, Kay Jay Joy, Middle: Vera M. Walls, Mable Grace Joy, E. Wilbur Walls, Elsie Jackson Walls, Elizbaeth Walls holding Francine E. Walls, Janice Joy, Front: Roger Walls, Lynda Walls, Burton Walls, LaVera Joy, Forest W. Walls

Paul Walls sitting at his office desk (1972)

Paul and Vera reading God's Word together at home

"Your folks flew to Greenville when Dad was given an honory doctorate. The pic was probably taken in 1976. F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Vera Walls, Paul T. Walls" (reverse)

Citations

1. [S52] Unknown, "Reverend E. Wilbur Walls Family"; report, 20 Oct 1981; typed descendant chart held by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Epson Wilbur Walls, Gordon L. Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
3. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Paul T. Walls.

Vera Ethel McMullen

Parents

Biography

Person Exhibits

Paul and Vera Walls

Paul, Lynda, Vera, Roger Walls

"Seated Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Standing L to R: Paul Walls, Vera Walls, Wes Joy, Mable Joy, Elizabeth Walls, F. Wesley Walls" (reverse) (best available copy)

“L to R: (first row) E.W. Walls, Forrest Walls, Lynda Walls, Paul Walls (seated), LaVera Joy, Wesley Joy, Elsie Walls, Burton Walls, Janice Joy, Vera Walls, Kay J. Joy, F. Wesley Walls, Mable Joy, Willard Joy, Roger Walls.”

Walla Walla, WA, home of Wesley + Mable Joy, 1948. Backrow: Paul T. Walls, Willard Joy, Wesley Joy, Wesley Walls, Kay Jay Joy, Middle: Vera M. Walls, Mable Grace Joy, E. Wilbur Walls, Elsie Jackson Walls, Elizbaeth Walls holding Francine E. Walls, Janice Joy, Front: Roger Walls, Lynda Walls, Burton Walls, LaVera Joy, Forest W. Walls

“L to R (back row) E.W. Walls, Elsie Walls, Francine Walls, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Burton Walls, Sylvia Walls, Lynda Walls, Roger Walls, Vera Walls. Seated: Mable Joy, Wesley Joy, LaVera Cowin, Jim Cowin, Lorraine Walls, Kurt Walls. Little girls: Shari Cowin, Debbie Cowin, Carol Lynn Cowin, 1964” (best available copy)

Paul and Vera reading God's Word together at home

"Your folks flew to Greenville when Dad was given an honory doctorate. The pic was probably taken in 1976. F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Vera Walls, Paul T. Walls" (reverse)

Citations

1. [S52] Unknown, "Reverend E. Wilbur Walls Family"; report, 20 Oct 1981; typed descendant chart held by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Paul T. Walls, Gordon L. Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
3. [S64] Jean Fischer, grand daughter of John Wesley Walls, "Walls-Tippie-Estes"; report, family group sheets held by Francine E. Walls.
4. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Epson Wilbur Walls.

Wilbur Walls

Parents

Biography

Citations

1. [S52] Unknown, "Reverend E. Wilbur Walls Family"; report, 20 Oct 1981; typed descendant chart held by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Epson Wilbur Walls, Gordon L. Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Francine E. Walls.

Lois Walls

Parents

Biography

Citations

1. [S52] Unknown, "Reverend E. Wilbur Walls Family"; report, 20 Oct 1981; typed descendant chart held by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Epson Wilbur Walls, Gordon L. Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Francine E. Walls.

Wesley Willard Joy, Jr.

Parents

Barbara Jean Mojonnier

Parents

Kay Jay Joy

Parents

Glenice Jean White

Parents

Janice Ruth Joy

Parents

Jerry D. Huntting

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La Vera Carolyn Joy

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Roy James Cowin

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