Jo Ann “Jody” Wallace, 72, of Beaumont, died Thursday, December 24, 2009, at Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. She was a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan and a resident of the Beaumont area since 1993.

Survivors include her husband of twenty-four years, Gary Wallace of Beaumont; daughters; Laura Woodside and Rene Willis both of Beaumont; son, Eric Willis and his wife Roseanne of Houston; grandchildren, Justin Jackson, Brandon Willis, Jay Willis, Eric Willis, Jr., Kristalyn Stevens and Karyn Willis; great-grandchildren, Cayden, Braelyn and Maynard; and sister, Barbara Bird of Detroit, Michigan

Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont.