Birth date: Aug 14, 1955 Death date: Apr 27, 2021
Jennie Leary Wallin, 65, passed away on Tuesday, April 27th, 2021. Fiercely loyal, loving and caring, Jennie was a remarkable woman. She valued every moment she lived and every life that crossed her path. Jennie had a strong fait Read Obituary
My Dearest Friend, Jennie,
I have known Jennie almost since we were born. Our parents were life-long best friends, so Joan, Jennie and I naturally became best friends, or more accurately sisters. They were the sisters I never had and have remained so our entire lives.
The memories I have with Jennie could fill a book: we shared birthdays, holidays, sleepovers, spent every summer vacation together as children, all three of us were in the same high school sorority, she & I went to the same college for a year, & what a year that was! She became a UTKnoxville Pi Beta Phi & a ATO little sister, & made many lifelong friends. We were so inseparable in college that we always double dated. We went to all the UT games, learned to camp out, tubed the rapids, snow skied, wore each others clothes & were always there to support each other when our worlds weren't spinning just right. Jennie has never had a mean thought in her head and she could alway see the bright side to everything! She made me a much better person.
Her father thought she was having too much fun at UTK and sent her to TCU to get her degree. Father knows best.
Later, I was fortunate to be on another double date with Jennie when this wonderful man, Carl Wallin, proposed to her & she said YES! I have another lifetime of beautiful memories of my dear friend Jennie and husband Carl for 38yrs.
Jennie was a very generous, kindhearted, loyal & loving friend, whom I will never stop missing or loving.
Marsha Smith
