Our family has a restaurant in Seneca and has known Eric for over 10 years as a weekly customer. We were all shocked and saddened to hear of his passing. My Wife is home under treatment for Cancer, and only found out through another customer that Eric had died. Please know how much he will be missed by our family as he had become a dear friend, and what a great person and kind man he was to everyone he met. God bless you all in the days ahead. Much love and prayers. Steve and Judy Sams, The Lucky Strike Restaurant Seneca SC

Eric was a great person in every regard and will be missed tremendously. My thoughts and prayers to the family.
Dicky Peace

Dave - our heart goes out to you and your family at this time.  Losing a parent is a difficult thing to go through.  May the peace of God be with you and your family.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you.  "Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted" Matt 5:4.  "My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion" Psalm 73:26.  I did not know your father, however, I know the man he raised.  He must have been a great man.  Put your trust in Him and let him be your strength through the coming days.

I thank God for the gift of Eric's friendship.
There are not enough words to express the many ways he enriched my life.  The one I remember most fondly and gratefully is the hours he spent with my late husband when he was struggling with Alzheimers. Eric was a gentle, gentleman.

Eric, my cousin, was the closest I ever had to a brother and was my best friend. Eric was smart, capable, adventurous, understanding (I needed a lot of understanding). We drove his dad's jeep in the woods along the Keowee river, flew his model airplanes, hunted, fished, and listened to big band music on his record player. Eric and I cooperated to help start the ready-mix concrete operation that supplied concrete for the new county courthouse. Eric was a natural for the Mechanical Engineering degree he earned from Clemson and he was a real Southern Gentleman.

So sorry for your loss. Mr. Eric was a wonderful man. We got to know him when he would come to our family reunions with my Aunt Louise.  He came all the way to Americus to just visit my dad when he was so sick. My dad liked him a lot & thought he was a great friend.   Mr. Eric will be missed greatly! He touched so many people's lives.  Prayers being lifted up for you during this difficult time.

Dear Adeana, Jimmy and David, I am so sorry for your loss. I have so many wonderful memories of the things our families did together. Your dad was so  kind to my parents as they aged and it meant so much to me that he continued to visit them. The last time I saw him we were able to reminisce some about the past. You all are in our prayers and thoughts. Love, Susan (Rice)

Thinking of you at this sad time.  Eric was a wonderful friend and will be missed by us and so many others.

Eric was a gentle, reserved and quiet gentleman. He had a beautiful smile, and was a kind person. I know he will be missed very much by his loved ones and friends. Special concerns,love,and condolences go out to my grandchildren, my daughter Kim, and David.   With love and sincerity,Vicki & Sammie

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James Eric Wallis Jr.

November 21, 1938 – November 3, 2017

Dillard Memorial Funeral Home

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