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Elwood Leslie Wall, Jr (Les) passed away from cancer on August 11, 2021. Les was born on March 23, 1947 in Greensboro, NC to Norma and Elwood Leslie Wall, Sr.
He was a graduate of Grimsley High School and East Carolina University where he earned a Masters in Special Education. He was a dedicated educator, but his true passion was collecting and antiquing.
Survived by his mother - Norma Morgan Wall, his daughters Lindsay Behrens and Sara Wall, and two grandsons, he will forever be cherished as a loving son, father, and grandfather.
In lieu of a service, his wish for memorialization is a donation to one of his favorite thrift stores and non-profits in the area - ReTails. Donations can be made at: animalkind.org
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Beth Walker
Les, in his spiffy vest and with his umbrella, sat by me in our Sophomore home room in the balcony of the Auditorium and held my hand as we heard about the Cuban Missile Crisis. My homeroom friend for whom I wrote all of his excuse notes (!) and later to become my dear boyfriend at ECU, Les taught me how to drive in an icy snow, how to create meals out of odd refrigerator contents, took me to my first liquor store when I turned 21, and with Carl Rothrock and Becky Kearns, drove us on our adventurous escape from campus in the wake of the assassination of MLK. Although I have thought of him often and fondly through the years, I let those years pass in silence and now my heart is broken. He was a quietly marvelous person.
Joe Perkins
Les and I were friends in high school, and became better friends when we lived in Jones Hall at East Carolina. In the summer of 1966 we were roomates in a fraternity appartment house along with Carl Rothrock and three other guys. All of us needed to get our grades up,but too much beer and fun at the swimming pool got in the way. Five of us flunked out that summer.Les was the only one who made it thru. He was taking art. Later in the 90's I came in contact with him again when he was teacher at Briarcliff Elementary School in Cary where my wife also taught.Sadly that only lasted one year and we lost contact again. I will miss him like all of the others that we have lost.
Joe