Wallace “Wally” Hugh Warren

Wallace “Wally” Hugh Warren, age 70 of Clarkesville, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2025 at his residence, surrounded by his loving family.

Born in Nurnberg, Germany on February 21, 1954, Wally was the son of Dorothy Johnson Warren Callahan and the late Wilbur Moore Warren, II.  His father’s Army career took the family to numerous postings, including Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Schofield Barracks and Fort Shafter, Hawaii, where he attended Punahou School in Honolulu.  In 1972, he graduated from North Springs High School in Atlanta and went on to Emory University, where he earned a B.A. in History, then an M.B.A. from Georgia State University.  He was employed as an accountant at the J.C. Penney Distribution Center in Forest Park, followed by comptroller for Walton Bank & Trust in Monroe.  While completing his M.A. in History at the University of Georgia, he worked as an archivist at the UGA Library for the Richard B. Russell Special Collections.  For ten years he poured his love of reading into his job managing the Cornelia Library, where he enriched the lives of many patrons through the arrangement of multiple children’s programs, lectures, book talks, and author visits.

Most importantly, Wally was a devoted father, uncle, and selfless volunteer.  He was known for his lifelong love of nature and the outdoors that he shared with friends and family.  Over the years he mastered surfing, rock climbing, hiking, backpacking, camping and canoeing, and readily identified birds by sight and song. He served many years with Volunteers for Literacy, the Clarkesville Elementary PTSO, Georgia Forest Watch, and the Soque River Watershed Association.

Survivors include his wife Robin Ogier Warren of Clarkesville, daughter Phoebe ChengAi Warren of Clarkesville, mother, Dorothy Johnson Warren Callahan of Sandy Springs, father-in-law and mother-in-law the Rev. Dwight and Barbara Ogier of Clarkesville, sisters Amanda Low Warren (Clyde Duensing III) of Flowery Branch and Patricia Johnson Warren of Atlanta, nieces Briana Shea Duensing and Chloe Mei Duensing, nephew Alexander Wallace Warren (Megan), great nephew Michael Xavier Warren, as well as numerous cousins and extended family.

A service celebrating the life of Wallace Hugh Warren will be held at Grace-Calvary Episcopal Church, Saturday, February 1, 2025 at noon, with a reception preceding at 10:30 AM.

In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be made to: Soque River Watershed Association or to Grace-Calvary Episcopal Church for its Camp Mikell Youth Fund.

An online guestbook is available and may be viewed at HillsideMemorialChapel.com.

Funeral arrangements are in the care and professional direction of Hillside Memorial Chapel & Gardens, Clarkesville.