Phillip L. Walls Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Phillip Loyd Walls, 73, of Bud died Thursday, August 18, 2011 at his residence following a long illness. Born June 6, 1938 at Amigo, he was the son of the late Delmar "Dell" and Pearlie Adkins Walls. Phillip was a former coal miner with 25 years of service retiring as a certified electrician, a member of UMWA, was a former employee of Talon Manufacturing, was a member of the Alpoca Pentecostal Church of God and attended The Mullens Pentecostal Church. In his leisure he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending time with his family. He especially enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and great grandchildren and was a U.S. Army Veteran. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Glen Adkins and Boyd Walls, and a son-in-law, Mark Browning. Those left to cherish his memory include his loving wife of 53 years, Arlene Bishop Walls; two daughters, Donna Browning of Beckley and Tina Compton and her husband, Carl, of Alpoca; one son, Brian Walls and his wife, Regina, of Hillsborough, NC; one sister, Elivian Walls Sizemore of Stephenson; four brothers, James Walls of Benton, WA, Ray Walls and his wife, Kathy, of Basin, Jack Walls and his wife, Judy, of Stephenson, and Carl Walls and his wife, Patricia, of Stephenson; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services will be 12 Noon Monday, August 22, 2011 at the Mullens Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Lewis Arnold and Rev. Paul Lusk officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton. Friends may call one hour prior to services Monday at the Mullens Pentecostal Holiness Church Guyandotte Avenue, Mullens. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens.

Phillip L. Walls

June 6, 1938 - August 18, 2011