Columbus W. Walley

Columbus Wesley Walley was a Democratic Mississippi state senator, representing the state's 2nd senatorial district from 1916 to 1920.

Biography

Columbus Welsey Walley was born on February 7, 1876, near Richton in Greene County, Mississippi. He was the son of John Walley and Sarah Ann Walley. Walley attended the public schools of Greene County and the high schools of Leakesville and Waynesboro. He then attended Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College. From 1914 to 1916, he was the Superintendent of Education of Wayne County. In 1915, he was elected to represent the 2nd district as a Democrat in the Mississippi State Senate for the 1916–1920 term. He also became a County Supervisor of Wayne County. He died on January 24, 1936, and was buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Greene County, Mississippi.

Personal life

Walley was a minister of the Methodist Church. He was also a Freemason. He married Eleanor Almeada Smith, the daughter of John A. Smith, a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1896 to 1904. Walley and Eleanor had four children: Dwight Luther, Andrew, Denton, and Aubrey Columbus.