Alfonso David Walls

May 25, 1934 - January 30, 2017

Alfonso David Walls, affectionately known as Al, departed this earthly life on Monday, January 30, 2017, at the Dorn VA Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. Born in Hardeeville, South Carolina, on May 25, 1934, he was a son of the late Richard Randolph Walls and the late Janie Fireall Walls. Alfonso was educated in the Savannah Chatham Public Schools. He served his country in the United States Army where he was stationed in Germany. He was a graduate of Savannah State College with a degree in Masonry. Alfonso was employed for over thirty-six years at the United States Post Office in Savannah until his retirement. An avid basketball player, Alfonso was a member of the Frank Callen Boys Club Jets also known as the 49’S Jets composed of players from Beach, Johnson, St. Pius and Tompkins High Schools that went undefeated. This team, organized to extend the basketball experiences for players from age 18 and beyond, was a perennial winner of the Charleston, South Carolina Open Tournament, the Beaufort, South Carolina Young Adult Tournament and the Savannah Adult League Championship Tournament. Alfonso was a faithful member and Elder of the Family Outreach Word and Worship Center under the leadership of the Bishop Melvin L. Brown in Columbia, South Carolina. In addition to his parents, Alfonso was preceded in death by his daughter, Sharon Denise Walls. He leaves to cherish precious memories his devoted wife of fifteen years, Georgia A. Walls; his three biological children: Arlette (Erick) Walls-Henderson, Isaac (Terrica) Walls, and Jenene Walls; his five additional children: Shannon Mood, Omega (Vincent) Hill; Lesley (Adrian) Alston, Monica (Jerell) Boyd, and Andre Alston; his seven grandchildren: Jaden, Seth, Courtney, Jeremiah, Daniel, Nathan, Canna, Kyla, and Zakie; one sister, Margaret Weston Burke; his former spouse, Carolyn Walls; and a host of other loving relatives and friends.