Joanne Hunt Wall, 87, passed away at home surrounded by family on Thursday, January 12, 2024. Mrs. Wall was born in Sumter, South Carolina to Randolph John âRJâ and Evelyn Atchison Hunt. She attended the University of Alabama where she was a member of Delta Zeta sorority. She met the love of her life, James Sanford Wall, Jr. on a blind date while they were both students at Alabama. They married in 1955, and following his graduation from UAB, they moved to Huntsville.
She was a member and leader of Cosmopolitan Club, Les Joyeuses and the Alabama Dental Alliance. She was a devoted and active member of her church, First Baptist Church in Huntsville. She enjoyed delivering Meals on Wheels, serving on many community boards and PTA, when her children were in school. She enjoyed traveling with friends and going on mission trips with her husband. Mrs. Wall loved spending time with her family, especially at the lake, snow skiing, and attending Alabama football games.
Mrs. Wall was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, James Sanford Wall, Jr., her parents, her son, Stephen Hunt Wall and her brother, Randolph John (Randy) Hunt. Survivors include her daughter, Melinda Lawson (Gary); son, James S. Wall, III; grandchildren, Kimberly Graham (Caleb), Sara Beth Cornelius (Hunter), and Michael Wall (Windsor); and great grandchildren, Grey Graham, Guy Graham, and Camille Cornelius.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 18, 2024, at Laughlin Service Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, January 19, 2024, in the funeral home chapel with Dr. Travis Collins officiating. We would love for you to share your memories of Mrs. Wall.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Huntsville â Madison County Library Foundation, P.O. Box 443, Huntsville, AL 35804 (www.hmcpl.org).
The family of Joanne Wall would like to thank her caregivers from Home Instead for their excellent care.
