My friend Jackie Wall

20" x 20" flashe, acrylic and graphite on birch panel 2007
part of WALK THE WALK on view at Plant Zero through December 23rd
the obituary below was published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on December 13, 2007.

WALL, Jacqueline J. "Jackie", passed away on December 10, 2007 surrounded by the beauty of her land. Jackie was born to the late Geoffrey and Olga Jardine in Calcutta, India. At the age of six, she moved to England with her aunt, Marjorie Cleghorn. At 14, she traveled with her aunt through Ellis Island en route to Baltimore, Md. During WWII, Jackie served in the WRENs (Women's Royal English Navy) in Norfolk, Va. Jackie Wall attended Longwood College and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Westhampton College with a degree in Psychology. In 1952, she married the late J. Barrye "Bo" Wall Jr. and lived in Farmville. She worked for The Farmville Herald as a staff writer and compiled a cookbook of the best known recipes in the area. Jackie received her Masters in Art Education from V.C.U. She taught art at Prince Edward Academy, the Campus School of Longwood College and Prince Edward County Public Schools. She was also a professor at Longwood College, teaching art education and supervising student teachers. While at Longwood, she was instrumental in procuring the Governor's School for the Arts for the college. She was director of the summer program for the years it was at Longwood. Upon retirement from teaching, Jackie became a full-time artist, her work being shown in galleries in Virginia and North Carolina. She drew her inspiration from her land and her spiritual beliefs. Jackie Wall is survived by her three sons, Barrye of Singapore, Geoffrey of Greensboro, N.C., Angus of Los Angeles, Calif.; one daughter, Marcie of Richmond; and three daughters-in-law, Victoria, Charlotte and Linda. She also has seven grandchildren, Jardine and Eliot Wall, Kenny, Ian, and Alex Wolfe, and Quinn and Jake Wall. In addition, she leaves behind adopted members of the family, Eleanor and Sidney Trent, and their family and many loyal and generous friends. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Office of University Advancement, Longwood University, 201 High Street, Farmville, Va. 23901 for the Jackie Wall Memorial Fund. Online donations can be made here.

Please note the one time donation to be allocated to "Other" and specify "LCVA-Wall Memorial". Memorial services will be held at John's Memorial Episcopal Church in Farmville on Saturday, December 15, 1 p.m. Doyne-Burger-Davis Funeral Home is in charge.

To hear Jackie talk about her life in an interview on NPR you can listen to the second part of the Separate but Unequal story linked here.