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In 1958, singer Michael Webb Pierce (1921-1991), a native of West Monroe, recorded a rockabilly record, "The New Raunchy"/"I'll Get By Somehow" for Decca Records under the name "Shady Wall." It is unclear why Pierce chose the name Shady Wall, for he must have heard of Wall, the two having been nearly the same age, both with West Monroe connections, and Wall having been a legislator a full decade before Pierce recorded the song.
In 1958, singer Michael Webb Pierce (1921-1991), a native of West Monroe, recorded a rockabilly record, "The New Raunchy"/"I'll Get By Somehow" for Decca Records under the name "Shady Wall." It is unclear why Pierce chose the name Shady Wall, for he must have heard of Wall, the two having been nearly the same age, both with West Monroe connections, and Wall having been a legislator a full decade before Pierce recorded the song.
==The charitable Wall==
==Wall as philanthropist==
Wall's father-in-law, William Crosson Feazel (1895-1965), was an [[oil]]man originally from Farmerville in Union Parish in north Louisiana, with business interests in both Monroe and [[Shreveport]]. During most of 1948, he served under appointment from Governor Earl Long as an interim [[U.S. Senator]], having held the seat until the election of [[Russell Long]], son of [[Huey Long|Huey P. Long, Jr.]], and nephew of Earl Long. Feazel also served a single term in the Louisiana House from Ouachita Parish from 1932-1936. Wall's wealthy wife, the former Lallage Feazel (October 28, 1913 – February 25, 1999) was nine years his senior but outlived him by fourteen years. Like her father, she too was residing in Shreveport at the time of her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 12, 2010}}</ref>
Wall's father-in-law, William Crosson Feazel (1895-1965), was an [[oil]]man originally from Farmerville in Union Parish in north Louisiana, with business interests in both Monroe and [[Shreveport]]. During most of 1948, he served under appointment from Governor Earl Long as an interim [[U.S. Senator]], having held the seat until the election of [[Russell Long]], son of [[Huey Long|Huey P. Long, Jr.]], and nephew of Earl Long. Feazel also served a single term in the Louisiana House from Ouachita Parish from 1932-1936. Wall's wealthy wife, the former Lallage Feazel (October 28, 1913 – February 25, 1999) was nine years his senior but outlived him by fourteen years. Like her father, she too was residing in Shreveport at the time of her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=February 12, 2010}}</ref>
Wall once gave $10,000 for a Cabbage Patch Kids doll at a Monroe charity auction in a bidding war against fellow banker Billy Lewis. Wall died of cardiovascular disease in his sixty-third year. Mrs. Wall left $18 million in her will to [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]] for the encouragement of "creativity" among faculty and staff.<ref name=penthouse/>
Wall once gave $10,000 for a Cabbage Patch Kids doll at a Monroe charity auction in a bidding war against fellow banker Billy Lewis. Wall died of cardiovascular disease in his sixty-third year. Mrs. Wall left $18 million in her will to [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]] for the encouragement of "creativity" among faculty and staff.<ref name=penthouse/>
Along with Mrs. Wall and former West Monroe [[Mayor]] [[Bert Hatten]], Wall was a member of the first board of advisors of the Twin City Ballet Company, a regional dance entity that fosters community enrichment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20090929/DELTASTYLE/90803008/Celebrating-40-Years|title=Celebrating 40 Years: Twin City Ballet Company: A Gathering of Dancers, August 3, 2009|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref>
Along with Mrs. Wall and former West Monroe [[Mayor]] [[Bert Hatten]], Wall was a member of the first board of advisors of the Twin City Ballet Company, a regional dance entity that fosters community enrichment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20090929/DELTASTYLE/90803008/Celebrating-40-Years|title=Celebrating 40 Years: Twin City Ballet Company: A Gathering of Dancers, August 3, 2009|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref>
There is a Shady Wall Memorial Endowment Scholarship in Banking, but the website offers no location of the scholarship.<ref>{{cite web|url=
There is a Shady Wall Memorial Endowment Scholarship in Banking, but the website offers no location of the scholarship.<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://www.fastweb.com/scholarships-directory/s-z/shady-wall-memorial-endowment-scholarship-in-banking-89343/|title=Shady Wall Memorial Scholarship in Banking|publisher=fastweb.com|accessdate=February 15, 2010}}</ref>
http://www.fastweb.com/scholarships-directory/s-z/shady-wall-memorial-endowment-scholarship-in-banking-89343/|title=Shady Wall Memorial Scholarship in Banking|publisher=fastweb.com|accessdate=February 15, 2010}}</ref>