Willie F. Hall, 93, beloved husband of the late Nelma (nee Martin), devoted father of Norma Bradford (the late Harold) and Fred Hall (Eileen), dear brother of Betty Valone and the late Annie Stumbo, Virdie Stumbo, Maggie Newman, Jeannie Frisco, Edna Sizemore, Verman and Earl Hall, loving grandfather of Ashley and Nicole Bradford and Tim and Rebecca Hall. Resident of Mason, Ohio. Passed away January 28, 2009 in Blue Ash, Ohio. Mr. Hall was born October 18, 1915 in McDowell, KY to Duran and Mary Spradlin Hall. He served in the Navy during WWII. Visitation will be at Mueller Parker Funeral Home, 6791 Tylersville Road, Mason, Ohio 45040 on Friday, January 30 from 5-8 PM. Services conducted by Reverend Boyd Carmack of the Old Regular Baptist Church, West Chester, Ohio will at the Funeral Home on Saturday at 10:00 AM. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Deerfield Township, Ohio. Memorial contributions may be sent to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Pl, Memphis, TN 38105. To send a condolence visit www.muellerparker.com.
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Willie Franklin Hall, also known as Willie, Bill, Dad, and Grandpa, loved his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, his wife Nelma, his children, and grand children, and teaching young children the three Rs.
Until the last couple of years, he enjoyed raising a garden, particularly tomatoes and green beans.
He also had apple trees and grapevines that the whole family enjoyed.
He still enjoyed mowing the lawn on his riding lawnmower through the end of last summer.
Dad was born on October 18, 1915 in
McDowell
,
Kentucky
to Mary and Duran Hall.
He was one of nine children, three boys and 6 girls.
He always spoke fondly of growing up in the hills of
Kentucky
and the fun that he had with his brothers and sisters.
Dad graduated from
McDowell
High School
and
Caney
Creek
Junior College
and taught school for awhile prior to joining the Navy during World War II.
In the war, Dad was a quartermaster on a Sub Chaser in the
Pacific Ocean
.
Sometime just before he entered the Navy and before he got out, he met Nelma Martin who was to be his future wife.
As Dad would say, she was the prettiest girl in
Floyd
County
.
Upon his release from the Navy at the end of World War II, Dad returned to the States and he and Nelma got married on December 24, Christmas Eve, 1945 in
Lexington
Kentucky
.
After their marriage, he and Nelma returned to Floyd County Kentucky and settled down.
Over the next few years, Dad worked in a bank in Martin Kentucky and he and Mom had two children, Norma and Fred.
He left the Bank in about 1954 and sold insurance in
Floyd
County
until he decided to go back to college in 1960 to get his teaching degree so that he could get back into teaching grade school.
After he graduated from
Morehead
State
, he returned to teaching grade school in
Frankfort
,
Ohio
where the family moved in 1962.
After teaching in
Frankfort
for a couple of years, he moved to
Mason
,
Ohio
where he lived the rest of his life.
During this time, he taught at Mason for a few years then taught at St. Bernard until he retired in 1985.
After retirement, Dad enjoyed his wife, children, grandchildren, gardening, and of course, the Old Regular Baptist Church of West Chester.
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