Mary Swift Walls

May 31, 1940 - July 4, 2021

Mary Elizabeth Swift Walls, 81 of Lewes, DE went peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday July 4, 2021, surrounded by her family at Brandywine Assisted Living, in Rehoboth, DE. She was born on May 31, 1940, in Richmond, Virginia into a fish boat captain family who fished in Delaware in the menhaden fishing industry. They first came to Lewes when she was 3 months old and spent the summers here where her family stayed in cottages owned by the Warren/Walls Family - little did she know that the little boy who held her on his lap would end up being her husband for 61 years. She was predeceased by her parents, William Augustus Swift and Merle Dameron Swift; her sister Milly Swift Robertson and her grandson Jonathan Warren Walraven. She is survived by her husband of 61 years - Warren Walls and 3 children, Catherine Walls, Cindy Plummer (Bruce), Jonathan Walls (Tonya) and a sister Janis J. Fleet. She is also survived by her 6 grandchildren Joy Lewis (John), Brian Plummer (Dana), Brooke Plummer, Joshua Walls (Jonah), Karley Walls, Laura Walls and 2 great-grandchildren, Lily Lewis and Bryce Plummer with 2 more expected in the coming months. Mary deeply loved her family and working with children, both in her childcare business and church ministries, missions and overall hospitality. She served many years in the Ladies Missionary Society, Sunday School, AWANA programs and was currently a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Georgetown, DE. A funeral service will be held Thursday July 8, 2021 at 10:30 am at the Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, 16961 Kings Highway Lewes, DE. with burial following at the Delaware Veterans Cemetery, Millsboro, DE. Visitation for family and friends will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday July 7, 2021 from 6 to 8pm. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to Calvary Baptist Church, Attn: Missions Fund, 22860 Dupont Blvd, Georgetown, DE 19947. Live Streaming of the service will be available should you not be able to attend in person. http://www.parsellfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/permalink/10040199/LTWebcast To continue the effort of protecting everyone from the Covid 19 virus, masks are mandatory at all aspects of the funeral services along with continued social distancing. Please sign Mrs. Walls memorial page at this site.