Helena C. Walley died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, at Lackey Memorial Hospital in Forest. She was 87.

Born in Scott County, she was the daughter of the late Bryant B. and Euna Lee Burkes Clower.

Mrs. Walley was a resident of Vicksburg from 1942 to 1998 when she moved to Forest. She retired from the U.S. Government as a public information specialist in 1979. She was a member of the Vicksburg Business and Professional Women’s Club, Pi Alpha Kappa sorority and Crawford Street United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, E.P. Walley Jr.; and a sister.

She is survived by two daughters, Beth Twente of Decatur, Ala., and Karen Kelly of St. Augustine, Fla.; four sons, David Walley of Hillsboro, Miss., Jim Walley of Arab, Ala., Mark Walley of Clinton and Bob Walley of Birmingham, Ala.; one sister, Maurine Tunnell of San Antonio, Texas; 13 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Riles Funeral Home with the Rev. Geoffrey Joyner, pastor of Crawford Street United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. at the Hillsboro Baptist Church Cemetery in Hillsboro. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 9:30 a.m. Friday until the service.  

Pallbearers will be grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 4830 McWillie Circle, Jackson, MS 39206.