Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, January 3, 1994 TAG: 9401030180
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BEDFORD LENGTH: Short
OBIT-HALL, MARTHA ANNE
HALL, Martha Anne, 66, of 1809 Oakwood Street, Bedford, died Saturday,
January 1, 1994 at the Brian Center, Fincastle. She was born in Roanoke on
August 9, 1927, a daughter of the late John T. Williamson Sr. and Elizabeth
Lucille Lawrence Williamson of Roanoke. She was an elementary school teacher
and reading specialist for several years in California, Guam and Taiwan. Upon
retirement from teaching in 1983, she supervised student teachers for Fresno
State University in Fresno, California until 1989. She was a lifelong member
of the Episcopal Church and an active participant in Daughters of the King.
She is survived by her husband, W. Dean Hall, Bedford; one brother and
sister-in-law, John T. Williamson Jr. and Jo Williamson, Arlington; daughters
and sons-in-law, Susan and Kenneth Baxley, Visalia, Calif., Muriel and Eric
Helvestine, Fincastle; son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Maria Hall,
Roanoke; five grandchildren, John and Lloyd Keeling, Exeter, Calif., Erica,
Amy, and Sarah Helvestine, Fincastle. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m.
Tuesday, January 4, 1994 at the St. John's Episcopal Church, with Rev. James
A. Creasy officiating. Private family inurnment to follow the service in the
St. John's Episcopal Church Columbarium. The family suggests that memorials be
made to the Boys Home, Covington, Va. 24426. Arrangements by Carder-Tharp
Funeral Home and Crematory, Bedford.
by CNB