Wanda Lou (Black) Alley
Wanda Lou (Black) Alley was called to her eternal home on Nov. 2, 2025. She was born to Horace L. and Front Reynolds Black on Dec. 16, 1940. She was a member of Norris First Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; sister and brother-in-law, Mary Evelyn (Black) and Horace David Green; brothers Bill Black and Kenneth Black; nephew Kenny Green; mother- and father-in-law, Mary Lou and Clifton Alley; brother- and sister-in-law, Ted and Bettye Alley; and many dear aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Edd Alley; daughter and son-in-law, Melanie and Scotty Wyatt; son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Belinda Alley; granddaughters, Olivia Wyatt and Claire Wyatt; sisters-in-law, Betty Black and Ruth Black; step-grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Cody Trent; and step-great-grandson, Kingston Trent. She is also survived by nieces, Patsy Longmire, Sharon Wallace, Valerie Williams, Jane Green and Karen Rogers; nephews, Jim Alley and Eddie Black; and many special friends and members of Bible study and Sunday school classes she taught for many years.
She retired from the Department of Energy in Oak Ridge in July 1995 after 35 years of service.
Visitation will be held Wednesday from noon to 2 p.m. at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home, with the funeral to follow. Pastor David Seiber will officiate. Burial will immediately follow at Norris Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Norris First Baptist Church Mission Fund or Sacred Ground Hospice House.
Norris FBC Mission Fund, P.O. Box 340, Norris, TN 37828
Sacred Ground Hospice House, 1120 Dry Gap Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918
Holley-Gamble Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.