He attended school at Oxford, MS from 1883-1887. After his graduation, Walter was admitted to the bar at Oxford, Mississippi, and then moved to Memphis, TN to practice law in partnership with his brother James Henry Malone. In 1897 he temporarily retired from the practice of law and moved to New York, where, for the next three years, he gave himself wholly to literary work. In 1900 he returned to Memphis and published "Songs of North and South," a collection of poems that had appeared in magazines during the previous three years.
In 1905, he was appointed Judge of the Second Circuit Court of Shelby County, and later by election held the office until his death.
He always said a man wasn't much good after the age of 50, and seemed to know his own end was near. He died at age 49. Shortly before his death he wrote his own epitaph which is inscribed at Elmwood.
He attended school at Oxford, MS from 1883-1887. After his graduation, Walter was admitted to the bar at Oxford, Mississippi, and then moved to Memphis, TN to practice law in partnership with his brother James Henry Malone. In 1897 he temporarily retired from the practice of law and moved to New York, where, for the next three years, he gave himself wholly to literary work. In 1900 he returned to Memphis and published "Songs of North and South," a collection of poems that had appeared in magazines during the previous three years.
In 1905, he was appointed Judge of the Second Circuit Court of Shelby County, and later by election held the office until his death.
He always said a man wasn't much good after the age of 50, and seemed to know his own end was near. He died at age 49. Shortly before his death he wrote his own epitaph which is inscribed at Elmwood.
Inscription
Stranger who passeth my lone house of clay,
Pause for a moment in a gentle mood;
Think not your sigh of pity thrown away
For I would say God Bless You if I could.
Family Members
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Martha Elizabeth Malone Snead
1842–1897
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Mary Louisa Malone Ellis
1844–1911
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John Thomas Malone
1846–1916
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Rev William Stith Yarbrough "Willie" Malone
1849–1884
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James Henry Malone
1851–1929
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Robert Franklin Malone
1856–1926
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Dr Ferdinand Madden "Ferdie" Malone
1858–1943
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Ella Malone Watson
1860–1932
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Callie Malone Witt
1863–1893
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