In Loving Memory of Beverly Ann-Irving-Walls 2018

Beverly Ann Irving-Walls
Source: Funeral Program
Courtesy of Mrs. Helen Lucky

Beverly Ann Irving Walls was born May 17, 1946 to Melvin and Katie Thomas Irving at Lallie Kemp Memorial Hospital in Independence, LA. Beverly attended West Side School in Amite where she graduated in 1964. She continued her education at Southern University where se earned a Bachelors degree in Business.

Affectionally know as "Beverly Ann" she was loved by all of those that knew her. She was great daughter, sister, aunt, and friend. Beverly was know for her kind heart and her fancy l lifestyle. Her family sometimes call here "Mrs. Hollywood." She was definitely the caviar of the family. Shew as raised and until death attended Grants Chapel A.M.E. Zion were she served faithfully. 

Beverly was married to Lynne Walls in the year of 1971. She broke the racial barrier in 1970 when she became the first African American to be employed by the Tangipahoa Assessors Office. She departed there in 1980 then she began to work at the Office of Family Support.

Beverly leaves to cherish here memory her brother, McKinley Irving, Sr. (Barbara) and Norman John Irving both of Amite, La. Although she was the middle child of three, she was raised closely with special cousin that were like sisters and bother, Lizzie Louise Thomas of Baton Rouge, La, Lille Mae Thomas of Los Angeles, California, Carol Walter and Larry Thomas of Amite, La.. She had a host of nieces and nephews that she cared greatly for. Beverly was proceeded in death by her father Melvin Irving and her mother Katie Thomas Irving.