Monica Ann Wallace

Services for Monica Ann Wallace (nee Meade), 84, of Fredericksburg will be Friday, 12:30 p.m., at Mullins & Thompson Funeral Service, 186 Shelton Shop Road, Stafford, VA with Pastor John Cook officiating. Following the service, burial will be in Quantico National Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monica died October 26, 2021, at Poet's Walk in Fredericksburg.

Survivors include one daughter, Lora Wallace James, of Stafford; two sons, John Richard Wallace (Gayla), of Dumfries, and Timothy Steven Wallace (Kelley), of Stafford; four grandchildren, Justin David Wallace (Mickie) of Murrell’s Inlet, SC., Ryan Matthew Wallace of Woodbridge, VA, Austin David James (Elizabeth) of Manassas, and Matthew Dustin Wallace (Suzzanne) of City of Manassas; and five great-grandchildren.

She is preceded by her parents, Emerald Earl and Beatrice Ann (Phelps) Meade; a granddaughter, Monica James; her brother, Edward Earl; and her husband of almost 52 years, Lt Col John Richard Wallace.

Monica, whom family called “Yaya,” was born and raised in Van Lear, Johnson County, Kentucky. She was an authentic coal-miner’s daughter. After her mom and grandparents died when she was twelve, her Uncle Stanley Whitman and Aunt Helen (nee Meade) took her in. They moved to Europe shortly thereafter, where she married John Wallace on 2 Jul 1955, in Salzburg, Austria. Monica and John lived in many places over John’s Army career, the last years of which were in Springfield, VA, from 1970 to 1984. They retired in Dumfries. Monica worked in home decorating for many years. She went to church at Mount Ararat Baptist Church in Stafford. Monica had many friends, neighbors, and family, and she will be greatly missed. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be considered for alz.org.