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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 &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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>
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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/>​
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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>​
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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|date=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=​
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