Betty Jean Allen Walls, 89, of Tifton passed away Sunday, June 6, 2021, at her residence. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 12, 2021, in the Memorial Chapel of Tifton’s First Baptist Church with Dr. Wayne Roe officiating. Mrs. Walls will be laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday, June 12, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of the service in the Memorial Chapel of Tifton’s First Baptist Church.
Born December 14, 1931, in Tifton, Mrs. Walls was the daughter of the late Rev. Lymon Banks “L. B.” Allen and Alice Orene “Ora” Connell Allen. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Pat Walls; one daughter, Elaine Barfield; five brothers, Henry Banks Allen, Hansel “Wick” Allen, Alfonso Allen, Rev. Eddie Allen and Earl Allen; and six sisters, Mildred Moon, Orene Greene, Frances Southard, Alice Powell, Mila Harrison and Iris Earline Allen. She was a retired antique business owner and a member of Tifton’s First Baptist Church.
Mrs. Walls is survived by one son, Terry Walls of John's Creek; one daughter, Beverly Polito of Clemson, South Carolina; and five grandchildren, Chris Herrin, Robin Trevino, Rachel Walls, Hannah Walls and Dominic Polito.