Reba Wall

Reba Joyce Yokeley Wall, a long-time Albemarle, North Carolina resident, passed away peacefully at 9:00 pm on Sunday, September 19, 2010 in the Memory Enrichment Center at the Elms at Tanglewood, Clemmons, North Carolina. On Wednesday, September 22, 2010, the family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, Sept 22, 2010 at Hartsell Funeral Home in Albemarle, North Carolina. A service honoring Mrs. Wall will follow at 2:00 pm in the Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel. Lori W. Gaskin, James E. Yokeley, Jr., William Thomas Yokeley and Charles E. Gaskin will celebrate the life, love and impact of Reba Yokeley Wall. Following the church service, interment will be in the Stanly Gardens of Memory. Pallbearers will be Chuck Gaskin, Jimmy Yokeley, Tom Yokeley, John Whitley, and Rex Misenheimer. Her surviving brother, James E. Yokeley, Sr., will serve as an honorary pallbearer. Mrs. Wall was born in Thomasville, North Carolina on January 15, 1927 to the late Bernie H. Yokeley and Nell Chandler Yokeley. Upon graduation from Thomasville High School, Mrs. Wall attended Virginia Intermont College. Some in Albemarle remember her as a society writer for the Stanly News and Press where she wrote about marriages, reunions, and a range of events capturing the spirit and joy of society in the Stanly County area during the 50’s and 60’s. Mrs. Wall was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas A. Wall, Jr., a decorated World War II combat veteran and highly respected CPA in Albemarle. Some of her greatest joys were shared with her beloved Tom where, throughout their marriage of 31 years, they were virtually inseparable. The two worked as a team when he opened and ran a private public accounting practice in Albemarle in the years following his graduation from Catawba College. Avid bridge players, they often entertained neighbors, friends and extended family in their home on Sylvania Avenue where “Reba and Tom’s” love, support and hospitality are affectionately remembered by many. Strong advocates of education and individual responsibility, the Walls quietly supported and encouraged a number of young people in their quest toward college degrees and careers. Following her husband’s death in 1983, Mrs. Wall established the Thomas A., Jr. and Reba Yokeley Wall Endowed Scholarship Fund at Catawba College which has provided on-going annual tuition support to deserving North Carolina Piedmont Region students of accounting for over 20 years. Memorials may be made to the Thomas A., Jr. and Reba Yokeley Wall Endowed Scholarship Fund at Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina, 28144, the Elms at Tanglewood Memory Enrichment Center Staff Development Fund, Harper Road, Clemmons, North Carolina, 27012 or Community Homecare and Hospice of Statesville, North Carolina, 28677.