Willard J. Alls

Mr. Willard J. Alls, Jr., age 81, of Murray, Kentucky, died Thursday, January 02, 2020, at Baptist Health Paducah.
Mr. Alls was born in Paducah, Kentucky on July 6, 1938, to the late Willard Alls, Sr. and Catherine (Fields) Alls. Mr. Alls retired as the pharmacist at Murray-Calloway Co. Hospital Pharmacy in March 2004. While in this capacity Mr. Alls served as an instructor at the University of Tennessee – Martin Pharmacy Tech course and was involved in several drug free advocacy programs and served on numerous boards. Mr. Alls was a recipient of several awards and authored publications and spoke at many venues pertaining to drug abuse. Mr. Alls was also a retired Church of Christ minister, serving the Springville Church of Christ for 25 years, as well as numerous congregations in Kentucky, Alabama, and Tennessee. Along with his wife, Martha, Mr. Alls owned and operated the Bookmark & Game Day in Murray.
He was a member of the New Concord Church of Christ, the Murray Kiwanis Club, Murray Jaycees, and in 1976 he was named "Duke of Paducah" and "Kentucky Colonel". He was a 1962 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and a member of the Phi Delta Chi Alumni Association.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Alls was preceded in death by his son, Joe Mark Alls; a granddaughter, April Alls Beck; and an infant sister.
Mr. Alls is survived by his wife, Martha (Harding) Alls, of Murray, whom he married in 1960 in Paducah, Kentucky; a daughter-in-law, Selena Alls of Haleyville, Alabama; a granddaughter, Mary Catherine Alls McDonald and husband Lewis of Birmingham, Alabama; and by a great-granddaughter, Callie Rose Beck of Haleyville, Alabama.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, January 6, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. at the J.H. Churchill Funeral Home and Cremation Services with Paul Sain, Charles Cate, and Russ Crosswhite officiating. Congregational singing will be led by Joe Cate. Burial will follow in the Murray City Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday, January 5, 2020, from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the J.H. Churchill Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
Expressions of sympathy can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105-9959, or Freed-Hardeman Associates, In Memory of Willard Alls, Joe Mark Alls and April (Alls) Beck, 158 E. Main Street, Henderson, Tennessee 38340 or Alls Family Memorial Scholarship Fund, In Memory of Joe Mark Alls and April Alls Beck, 2080 College Road, % Phil Campbell, Northwest Shoals Community College, Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35581.
Online condolences can be left at www.thejhchurchillfuneralhome.com