Graveside funeral service for Julie Anne Wallace will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, October 26, 2017 in the Warren Cemetery, Warren, Oklahoma with Dr. Jeff Moore, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Altus officiating.

Arrangements are under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Julie Anne Wallace, age 68, Lawton, died Saturday, October 21, 2017 in Lawton.  She was born January 31, 1949 in Monroe, Louisiana to Clifton Isaac and Lodee (Wyrick) Gilliland.  She grew up and graduated high school in Calhoun, Louisiana.  She later attended nursing school in in Shreveport as well as college in Monroe, Louisiana.  She married SMSgt (Retired) Edmund D. Wallace on June 16, 1968 in Calhoun, Louisiana.  He preceded her in death on May 23, 2010.

Mrs. Wallace worked many different jobs including working with her brother-in-law at the Westside Animal Clinic in Altus and for Hobby Lobby where she became an assistant manager.  She was primarily a homemaker.

She enjoyed playing softball, fishing and was an avid sports fan.  She was very artistically gifted.  She was an actress in school. She also sang, played the piano, enjoyed oil painting and crafting.

She is survived by her children and their spouses, David and Angela Wallace, Warren, Oklahoma, and Mandee and Blake Thomas, Lawton; four grandchildren, Brantley E. Wallace, Jake Thomas, Jonathan D. Wallace and Julianne Thomas; her brother and sister-in-law, Clifton I. Gilliland, Jr. and Patty, Longview, Texas; her sister and brother-in-law, Virginia and John Thomas, Altus; several nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Central and Western Oklahoma Affiliate, 101 Park Avenue, Suite 225, Oklahoma City, OK 73102.