Harold L. Hall

HALL – Harold Lee Hall, born October 31, 1924 in Dyer, Tennessee, died December 11, 2011. Mr. Hall retired after a successful management career with A T & T, and a second (30-year) career as an Associate Broker with both Northside Realty and Prudential Georgia Realty. He served in the U. S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theatre, in High-Powered Radio stations, NPG (San Francisco); NPM (Honolulu) and in building NDT (Toyko). He served on Admiral Spruance’s Flag aboard the Battleship, USS New Jersey. He was at Okinawa and then served one year attached to the U.S. Marines in the occupation of Japan in the homeland of Japan at Yokosuka and Tokyo. He was a resident of the Atlanta area and Roswell since 1973. Harold was the son of John W. and Ethel Hall of Memphis, who both pre-deceased him. He graduated with honors from South Side High School in Memphis, and attended Texas A & M until the Navy beckoned to him early in world War II. He had a 43 ½ year career with A T & T Long Lines, managing offices in Louisville, KY, Montgomery, AL, Birmingham, AL and New Orleans, LA, retiring in the Regional Office in Atlanta, GA. He then had a successful 30 year 2nd career in Real Estate Sales, serving as an Associate Broker thru-out the metro-Atlanta area. Harold, always involved in the work of his church, was a Deacon in The First Baptist Church of Roswell, serving as Chairman of the “Senior Adult Ministry” group and on other Committees. Prior to coming to his present church, he was an active member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Sandy Springs, GA, serving there for 27 years. He was ordained as a Deacon at Mount Vernon in 1978. He is survived by his beloved wife, Ruth Swift Hall; four sons, Harold Lee Hall, Jr., Norman Douglas Hall, Lawrence Edward Hall and David Wayne Hall; 3 daughters-in-law, 8 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren; one brother, William B. Hall. Funeral services for Mr. Hall will be on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Roswell. Entombment will follow at Green Lawn Cemetery. It is the request of the Hall family that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to Wears Valley Ranch, 3601 Lyons Springs Road, Sevierville, TN 37862 in memory of Harold L. Hall. The family will receive visitors on Tuesday from 2 to 4 PM and 6 to 8 PM at Northside Chapel Funeral Directors and Crematory, Roswell/Alpharetta, 770/645-1414. www.northsidechapel.com

Harold L. Hall

October 31, 1924 - December 11, 2011