Royal Leedell Wallace departed this life on Thursday, November 5, 2020, in Houston Texas.  He was 40 years old.  He was born on September 17, 1980, to the union of Glassy and Royal Wallace.  

Royal accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at the Greater Golden Grove Baptist Church.  He received his education in the St. James Parish School System where he received a 4-year scholarship to Dillard University.  There he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and Social Welfare Concentration in Psychology.

Royal was employed as a Marketing Director of Change Happens, CDC.  He secured the Obama Foundation Grant for the organization and the City of Houston Texas, and for that, Mr. Wallace was saluted. 

Left to cherish Royal’s memories are his parents Glassy, and Royal Wallace, his two brothers Daneel Washington, and Darvin Wallace.  His grandmother Orah Lee Broden, his aunts Jacquelyn Washington, and Ester Marie Johnson, his nieces and nephews, Rennarda, Jaida, Dillon, Jareani, Destiny and Jacobi.  Also left to cherish Royal’s memory are a host of other aunts, uncles, other relatives and devoted friends.     

Royal is preceded in death by his twin brothers, Rennard, and Vernard Washington.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend Royal’s celebration of life on Thursday, November 12, 2020, at New Zion Christian Center, 216 W. Main Street Gramercy, LA, 70052, at 12 p.m.  Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.  Elder Emile Mitchell officiating, and entombment will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery in Gramercy, LA.

Due to COVID – 19, everyone in attendance MUST wear a face mask or other proper facial covering, and practice social distancing.  

Funeral planning entrusted to ROBINSON FAMILY FUNERAL HOME 9611 LA – 23 BELLE CHASSE, LA 70037 (504) 208 – 2119