Obituary

SUSIE ANN BLACK JENKINS WALLACE
(December 31, 1927 - February 27, 2014)

SUSIE ANN BLACK JENKINS WALLACE, 86, of Milton, W.Va., went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, February 27, 2014. She was born on December 31, 1927 in Milton, W.Va., to the late Nardia Black and Essie Setliff Black Faulkner (Frank). She retired from Perry Norvel in Huntington and was a long-time member of Mount Olive Church. A loving mother and grandmother, Susie was the beloved matriarch of her family. She is survived by her twin daughters, Donna Lou Wallace Clagg (Charlie Holley) and Linda Sue Wallace; four grandchildren, Lisa Jenkins Hagley (Don), Leslie Jenkins Donahoe Damon (Gary), Missy Clagg Browning (Jimmy), and Jimmie Clagg; six great-grandchildren, Carrie Ann Donahoe Bowers (Mitch), Kristen Donahoe Banks, Kaleigh Hagley, Luke Dempsey, Mason Dempsey, and Lexi Browning; and five great- great-grandchildren, Kaycin Banks, Khaine Wilson, Keighly Bowers, Karlie Bowers, and new arrival Kannon Cantrell. Susie is also survived by five siblings whom she loved, Jimmy Faulkner (Coweta), Bonnie Faulkner Rainey (Tom), Opal Faulkner Byrd, Frank "Dune" Faulkner, Janice "Cookie" Faulkner Johnson (Homer), and Drema Faulkner Lane. She also leaves behind a life-long best friend Mary Holley; and two special caregivers, Nancy Meadows and Tammy Hutchinson. Susie was preceded in death and met at heaven's gate by her husbands, Sesco Jenkins and Pete Wallace; sons Calvin Jenkins and infant Billy Wallace; grandaughter Amy Smith Dempsey; siblings Pansy Black Chapman (Alvin), Floyd "Toy" Black (Reba) and infant brother Henry Black. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday at Wallace Funeral Home, Milton. The funeral service will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at 2 p.m. at the Wallace Funeral Home, Milton with Don Reynolds officiating, and Tim Shull providing a special reading. Burial will follow at Forest Memorial Park.