Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, January 14, 1994 TAG: 9401140311
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE:
DATELINE: RINGGOLD, GA. LENGTH: Medium
OBIT-HALL, HERMAN M. SR.
HALL, Herman M. Sr. 72, of Ringgold, Ga., passed away at his residence
Monday, January 10, 1994. Mr. Hall was born in Chattooga County, Ga. August
22, 1921, a son of the late Cecil Robert and Sarah Ida Rose Hall. He was a
veteran of World War II, serving in the Army Air Corp. He was a retired
Mechanical Engineer and a member of the Lyerly First Baptist Church. He was
preceded in death by his wife, Ella Jean Gilreath Hall in 1984. He attended
Spartan Aeronautical College, Tulsa, Okla. following which he formed Halcraft
Boat Co. He was later associated with Bigelow Sanford Carpet Co., traveling
extensively in Europe, South Africa and Australia putting into operation
tufted carpet plants for licensees. He was also Process Engineer for
Burlington Industries of Glasgow, Va. before returning to Ga. He retired as
Vice President of engineering and development for Gaston County Carpet
Machinery Division, following retirement he remained active in the engineering
field with his consulting co., H. Hall, Inc. He was a charter member of past
president of the Ft. Oglethorpe Rotary Club, being chosen as Rotarian of the
year in 1992 and was also a Paul Harris Fellow. He was also a charter member
and president of the Big Birds Model Flying Club. He is survived by a
daughter, Mary Hall DeFoor, Lithia Springs, Ga.; a son, Hal Hall, Ringgold,
Ga.; two granddaughters, Myranda L. DeFoor, Hailey Nichole Hall; one
great-grandson, Matthew Hall DeFoor; one sister, Mary Hall Smith, Summerville,
Ga. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in the Chapel of J.D. Hill
Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy Bryant and the Rev. J.B. Cantrell officiating
with interment in the Summerville Cemetery. Arrangements by J.D. Hill Funeral
Home, Summerville, Ga.
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