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The Rev. Dr. Horace Lee Wallace, 63, retired, diedFeb. 8, 2013. His funeral service was held Feb. 15 at Epworth Chapel UMC in Baltimore with the Rev. Dr. Tony Hunt officiating. Also participating in the service were District Superintendent Rev. William Chaney Jr. and United Methodist clergy, the Revs. Mamie A.Williams, Lavell Parham and George Winkfield and Pastor Zelda Childes. His brother, the Rev. Dr. Harold Wallace from Chapel Hill, N.C.,gave the eulogy.

Horace Lee Wallace was born June 26, 1949, in Gaffney, S.C., to the late Charles T. and Dowie Malinda Wallace. He was the sixth of seven siblings, all of whom survive. His early education was in the public schools in Gaffney, and after graduation he attended Monmouth College in Illinois. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in History in 1971.

He and Carolyn Jefferies of Washington, D.C., married in 1971 and two months later he entered Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, where he received his Masters of Divinity Degree, second in his graduating class, in 1974. Post graduate studies followed at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. By 1978, he had completed his course work, and was invited to Baltimore-Washington Conference to serve as a pastor and adjunct professor. He received his Elders Orders in 1979. In 2005, he received a Doctor of Ministry Degree from Drew University School of Theology in Madison, N.J.

His first pastoral appointment was in 1978 to Albright Memorial UMC in Washington, where he served for eight years. In 1986, he was appointed to Epworth Chapel UMC in Baltimore where he served until 2011 when he retired.

Wallace never lost his love of teaching and continued in various ways as an instructor during his pastorates. He was the founder and an instructor of the Epworth School of Christian Life and Learning. He was Adjunct Professor of African-American Church History at Wesley Theological Seminary from 1979-1986, and served as a Visiting Lecturer in African-American Studies at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. He was an instructor in the Cooperative School of Christian Mission, and was certified for Disciple Bible Study. He served as an instructor in Church History and issues in Black Church History in several different districts.

The United Methodist Publishing House commissioned him to write the curriculum student book, “Touched by Grace: Black Methodist Heritage in the United Methoidist Church.”

Wallace served for eight years on the BWC Board of Ordained Ministry as well as the Baltimore West District Board of Ordained Ministry. He was a Trustee on the Conference Board of Trustees, and chairperson of the Conference Board of Church Growth and Development, and chairperson of the Conference Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry.

His hobbies and leisure time interests included collecting books on African-American studies and church history; landscaping and gardening, and an occasional fishing expedition. He also enjoyed playing the baritone horn.

He is survived by his wife Carolyn and six brothers and sisters.

Condolences may be sent to her at 8321 Governor Grayson Way, Ellicott City, MD 21043.