Hugh Harold Wallace, 72, of Manvel TX passed away on October 13th, 2024. He was born December 31 st , 1951, in Hattiesburg, MS and is preceded in death by his parents, Harold Hugh Wallace and Lucille Bishop. Hugh was a 5-year resident of Manvel, TX previously of Webster. He graduated from Baylor University in 1974 with a degree in Marketing and worked for Verizon Wireless for 18 years and Comcast for 4 years before his retirement.

Hugh enjoyed coaching and watching sports, having coached many of his son and daughter’s teams. He was the head coach of his daughter’s fastpitch team, Texas Pride, for over a decade. When not coaching, he was rooting on his beloved Houston Astros and Baylor Bears.

He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Dona Wallace; daughters and sons-in-law, Lesley
Garoutte and Buddy of Pearland, TX and Rachel Schafer and Matt of Perry, Kansas;
son and daughter-in-law, Stuart Niemeyer and Alexandra of New Waverly, TX; sisters
and brothers-in-law, Deanna Mann and John of Friendswood, TX, Jennifer Kamal and
Hussain of San Gabriel, CA, and Edward Sims and Virginia of Pearland, TX; and in- laws, Thomas and Joyce Dill of Pearland, TX. One of Hugh’s greatest joys in life were his six grandchildren, Tyler and Benjamin Garoutte, Zoe and Amelia Niemeyer, and Hunter and Lily Schafer.

Hugh’s family would like to extend their love and gratitude to his “second family” of the softball diamond; the Gregory Family, the Gutierrez Family, and the Bailey Family.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made out to Three Little Pitties in Friendswood, TX.