Essie Lee Brown Walls

	Ms. Essie Lee Brown Walls, daughter of the late Carrie Blackwell, was born on February 1, 1906 in Elkville, Illinois.  She was one of three children.
	She was joined in holy matrimony to the late Fred Douglas Walls, Sr.  To this union three children were born:  Fred Douglas, Jr. (preceded her in death), Reola Marie and Edward Eugene.
	She departed this life on May 18, 2000.
	She leaves to mourn:  one daughter, Reola Marie; one son and daughter-in-law, Edward Eugene and Josephine of Chicago; daughter-in-law, Annie Mae Walls of Detroit, Michigan; her grandchildren:  Patricia Ann, Fred Douglas III, Rodney Arthur, Michelle, Robert Eugene, Michael Albert, Jennifer Lee and Jeanette Denise; great grandchildren; great great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
	Funeral services were held Saturday, May 27, 2000 at James H. Cole Home for Funerals in Detroit, Michigan with the chapel minister officiating.  
	Interment was in Detroit Memorial Park-West in Redford, Michigan.
