Lowell Boone Wallace, 77, died January 3, 2023. He was born August 23, 1945 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Francis and Mary (Boone) Wallace. Lowell is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Kathy Jo (Jenlink); 4 daughters and sons-in-law: Amy and Deke Koonce, Angie and Jason Hughey, Alisha and Marvin Bennett, and April and Hayden Haines; 10 grandchildren; one sister, Netta Ellis; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings, David Wallace and Lloydene Nance.
Lowell attended May, Longdale, and Cooperton Schools before graduating from Lambert High School in 1963. He graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in 1967 with a B.S.E. in science. Small schools and communities impacted his life as he followed in his dad’s footsteps as a small school teacher, coach and administrator for 40 years in the communities of Billings, Carrier-North Enid, Helena-Goltry, Davenport and Strother. Lowell and Kathy bought a farm in the Sparks community in 1975. In that same year they joined Deer Creek Baptist Church.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Lowell’s honor to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering at Deer Creek Baptist Church or to Samaritan’s Purse.
A funeral service was held on January 7, 2023 at Deer Creek Baptist Church with Brother Mike Haines officiating. Burial followed at Kellerby Cemetery.
Services were under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service of Prague. An online guestbook is available at www.parksbrothers.net.