Totsy Wall Fuller James passed away peacefully in her home in Columbia, Mississippi on June 14, 2018. She was born on October 28, 1935 to James Franklin Wall and Lovie Cagle Wall in Blue Mountain, Mississippi. Visitation will be at First Baptist Church on Sunday, June 17 in Starkville at 2:00 PM with service immediately following at 3:00 PM. A family burial service will follow at Memorial Gardens. Pastors Chip Stevens and Clifton Curtis will officiate.

She spent her childhood in Blue Mountain Mississippi, graduating from Blue Mountain High School and continuing her education at Blue Mountain College. She received her B.S degree in Education and devoted her life to teaching, first at New Albany schools and then at Starkville Public Schools until her retirement in 1990.


While growing up in Blue Mountain, she met Joseph Franklin Fuller and he became her childhood sweetheart. They married on December 23, 1955 and they enjoyed 16 years of marriage prior to his death in 1972 after a lengthy illness. Together they had three children. They moved to Starkville in 1967 where he was employed with the Mississippi State University Extension Service and she devoted her time to caring for her children until his death. She then started her career at Armstrong Middle School, first as an English teacher and then starting the first gifted education program in the district. She was a member of First Baptist Church with a love for volunteering in the church nursery. She moved to Columbia in the fall of 2017 to be close to her daughter. She was always ready to share a story about her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed life to the fullest and left a legacy of bringing smiles to her family and friends with many lasting stories.


Totsy Fuller James is preceded in death by her first husband, Joe F. Fuller, second husband Billy James, her parents, James Franklin Wall and Lovie Cagle Wall, and one sister, Frances Wall Childs. She is survived by two sons, Dr. Marty J. Fuller (Lisa), Greg H. Fuller (Sheri), both of Starkville, one daughter, Rene’ F. Dungan (Jeff) of Columbia, grandchildren Brad Fuller(Sara) and Drew Fuller, Will Fuller and Rachel Fuller Shamoun (James), Forrest Dungan (Abbie) Parker Dungan and three great-grandchildren. The family would like to thank caregiver Carla Miller of Starkville. While in Columbia for the past several months, she found a new friend in her caregiver, Phylesia Ates.
Serving as pallbearers will be grandsons Brad Fuller, Drew Fuller, Will Fuller, Forrest Dungan, Parker Dungan and nephews Heath Childs and Todd Childs.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that memorials be made to the Mississippi State University Foundation Joe and Totsy Fuller Memorial Scholarship Fund, Palmer Home for Children or a charity of your choice.