Bet and Wallace Wooten of Shelby announce the death of their eldest son, born May 25, 1956, Abner Wallace Wooten III (Wally) of a sudden heart attack on Oct. 6, 2019.
Wally is predeceased by his godparents Lee and Pup McCarty of Merigold and Oscar Carr, Sr of Clarksdale. He is survived by parents Abner Wallace Wooten II and Bettie Jane Owen Wooten; wife Kerry Yoder Wooten; brother August Mark Wooten and sister-in-law Leslie Wooten; sister Treanor Wooten Baring and brother-in-law Matthew Geoffrey Baring; nephews Henry Wallace Baring and Geoffrey Owen Baring, Wally's godson.
A "celebrating Wally" gathering will take place Nov. 30, 2019 at Maryland Plantation, Shelby from noon to 3 p.m. Included in this gathering will be a drumming circle open to anyone to participate in remembering Wally.
