Mrs. Jessie Geraldine Newman Wall, 87, of Gillsburg, MS, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at her residence.

A graveside service will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 11AM at William B. Wall Cemetery, located on Wall St. Rd. in Gillsburg, MS with Bro Victor Walsh officiating and Sharkey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Wall was born in Gillsburg, MS on December 2, 1932 to the late Jim Newman and the late Lena Mae McMillan Newman. She was an active member of Gillsburg Baptist Church. She and her husband were dairy farmers their entire married life. She was a homemaker, the devoted mother of ten, grandmother of twenty-six and great-grandmother of thirty-five. She was chosen as the Enterprise Journal Mother of the Year in 2008. She was dedicated to her family and remained very active all through her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren's lives. She was loved by many and her home, Wall Street Inn, was always open to all, being well known for her big Sunday dinners. She was the glue that held our family together. She kept us strong leading by example.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband of nearly 50 years, William B. "Billy" Wall Jr.; one sister, Helen Marie Reynolds; one son, Jed Hunter Wall; one daughter, Jan Iasigi; one grandson, Cody Iasigi and one son-in-law, Hilton Morgan.

She is survived by five sons, Gerald Wall and Amy, Jamie Wall and Sandra, Jeffrey Wall and Kathy, Joey Wall and Lou Ann and John Wall and Lisa; three daughter, Brenda Jean Walsh and Greg, Gretel Morales and Janet Ford and Jack; one daughter-in-law, Debra Wall; twenty-five grandchildren, Christy Leuthauser and John, Catherine White and Robby, JayCey Wall, LeAnne Middleton and Stewart, Lacey Clayton and Dave, Becky Bates and Barrett, Brandi Bateman and Dwain, John Buford Walsh and Lacey, Jim Hunter Walsh, Brittany Bass and Josh, Tyler Wall and Kamry, Tara Johnson and Zach, Hunter Wall and Kim, Laurie Ann Winge and Matt, Joel Wall, Laney Wall, Lindey Wall, Jessie Morales and Brennon, Emily McMillan and Hardy, Ben Wall and Melissa, Bethany Deese and Kendall, Bradley Wall, Chase Iasigi and Rainey, Kandace Welch and Jonathan and Megan Bennett and Jeremy; thirty-five great-grandchildren, Hailey, Bodey Leuthauser, Caitlyn, Will White, Kyle Middleton, Emily, Sideny, Bailey Clayton, Alyvia, John David Bates, Bryce, BrookLynn Bateman, Blair, Will, Addison Walsh, JT, Mary-Alice, Grace Elynn Bass, Dylanee, Karalee Johnson, Kylie Alford, Laken Wall, Parker, Layla Winge, Garren Baggett, Paxton, Jaxston Wall, Tatum Womack, Kenleigh, Rowdy Deese, John Cody Iasigi, Blayne, Jon Wyatt Welch, Tanner Rayborn and Hayden Prather.

Pallbearers are her ten grandsons, Ben Wall, Bradley Wall, Hunter Wall, JayCey Wall, Joel Wall, Tyler Wall, Chase Iasigi, Jim Hunter Walsh, John Buford Walsh and In Memory Of Cody Iasigi.

In Lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Mrs. Wall's memory to Gillsburg Baptist Church or the Old Gillsburg Baptist Church Restoration Fund.

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