HAL MONTGOMERY, JR.
A. Harold "Hal" Montgomery, Jr. was born September 17, 1946 to Azalee Wilson Montgomery and A. Harold Montgomery, Sr. He passed away September 6, 2015 after a hard faught battle with liver cancer.
Hal grew up in Haughton until his family bought a farm, named Ranch Azalee after his mother, in Doyline when he was approximately 8 years old. Hal spent the remainder of his childhood and high school years in Doyline, where he learned to ride bulls, raise cattle and work on the farm.
Hal met his wife of 47 years, Linda Burge Montgomery, in third grade when his family first moved to Doyline. Hal and Linda were childhood friends, then high school sweethearts. They graduated from Doyline High School in 1964. Hal and Linda married thirteen years after they first met in September of 1967. Linda was both the love of his life and his best friend.
Hal earned a degree in Animal Science in 1969 from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches where he was a member of the university's rodeo club. After college he and Linda returned to Doyline to make their home and raise a family on Ranch Azalee.
Hal loved to hunt, fish, and hone his skills as a marksman. he was an advocate for the Second Amendment right to bear arms ans was a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association. Hal enjoyed serving as an assistant instructor at Concealed Handgun Carry Courses and was a certified Sig Sauer Armorer.
Hal was known by many for his booming voice and larger than life personality. He was a gifted cook and loved entertaining a crowd with delicious food and fellowship. He never met a stranger and seemed most content when surrounded by friends, old and new, telling outlandish tales. Friends and family would beg him to tell old yarns again and again, despite knowing the words by heart.
Of all his accomplishments in life, Hal was most proud of his family, his wife of 47 years, two daughters and his grandchildren. Both of his grandsons were given his name-Benton Montgomery Bates and Hal Montgomery Madison. Through them he believed his legacy would live on. As his life came to and end, his only regret was not having enough time with his grandsons to hunt, fish, and teach them about the family farm he loved so dearly.
Hal was a man of faith throughout his illness, his faith never wavered and was a source of much strength.
Hal is preceded in death by his mother and father, Azalee Wilson Montgomery and A. Harold Montgomery, Sr. He is survived by his wife, Linda B. Montgomery, two daughters Leigh Ann Montgomery Bates and her husband, Bradley Eugene Bates of Doyline and Tara Montgomery Madison and her husband, John Meek Madison III of Baton Rouge, LA., and his grandchildren, Benton Montgomery Bates, Hal Montgomery Madison, Brooks Sidney Madison, and John Parker Madison.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 10, 2015. Memorial services will be held at first Baptist Haughton at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 11, 2015 with burial at Haughton Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Southern Methodist Church of Haughton, P.O. Box 337, Haughton, Louisiana 71037 or the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital at www.stjude.org/tribute.
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Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home
Haughton, Louisiana 71037
Published in Shreveport Times on Sept. 10, 2015.
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A. Harold "Hal" Montgomery, Jr. was born September 17, 1946 to Azalee Wilson Montgomery and A. Harold Montgomery, Sr. He passed away September 6, 2015 after a hard faught battle with liver cancer.
Hal grew up in Haughton until his family bought a farm, named Ranch Azalee after his mother, in Doyline when he was approximately 8 years old. Hal spent the remainder of his childhood and high school years in Doyline, where he learned to ride bulls, raise cattle and work on the farm.
Hal met his wife of 47 years, Linda Burge Montgomery, in third grade when his family first moved to Doyline. Hal and Linda were childhood friends, then high school sweethearts. They graduated from Doyline High School in 1964. Hal and Linda married thirteen years after they first met in September of 1967. Linda was both the love of his life and his best friend.
Hal earned a degree in Animal Science in 1969 from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches where he was a member of the university's rodeo club. After college he and Linda returned to Doyline to make their home and raise a family on Ranch Azalee.
Hal loved to hunt, fish, and hone his skills as a marksman. he was an advocate for the Second Amendment right to bear arms ans was a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association. Hal enjoyed serving as an assistant instructor at Concealed Handgun Carry Courses and was a certified Sig Sauer Armorer.
Hal was known by many for his booming voice and larger than life personality. He was a gifted cook and loved entertaining a crowd with delicious food and fellowship. He never met a stranger and seemed most content when surrounded by friends, old and new, telling outlandish tales. Friends and family would beg him to tell old yarns again and again, despite knowing the words by heart.
Of all his accomplishments in life, Hal was most proud of his family, his wife of 47 years, two daughters and his grandchildren. Both of his grandsons were given his name-Benton Montgomery Bates and Hal Montgomery Madison. Through them he believed his legacy would live on. As his life came to and end, his only regret was not having enough time with his grandsons to hunt, fish, and teach them about the family farm he loved so dearly.
Hal was a man of faith throughout his illness, his faith never wavered and was a source of much strength.
Hal is preceded in death by his mother and father, Azalee Wilson Montgomery and A. Harold Montgomery, Sr. He is survived by his wife, Linda B. Montgomery, two daughters Leigh Ann Montgomery Bates and her husband, Bradley Eugene Bates of Doyline and Tara Montgomery Madison and her husband, John Meek Madison III of Baton Rouge, LA., and his grandchildren, Benton Montgomery Bates, Hal Montgomery Madison, Brooks Sidney Madison, and John Parker Madison.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 10, 2015. Memorial services will be held at first Baptist Haughton at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 11, 2015 with burial at Haughton Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Southern Methodist Church of Haughton, P.O. Box 337, Haughton, Louisiana 71037 or the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital at www.stjude.org/tribute.
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Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home
Haughton, Louisiana 71037
Published in Shreveport Times on Sept. 10, 2015.
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HAL MONTGOMERY, JR.
A. Harold "Hal" Montgomery, Jr. was born September 17, 1946 to Azalee Wilson Montgomery and A. Harold Montgomery, Sr. He passed away September 6, 2015 after a hard faught battle with liver cancer.
Hal grew up in Haughton until his family bought a farm, named Ranch Azalee after his mother, in Doyline when he was approximately 8 years old. Hal spent the remainder of his childhood and high school years in Doyline, where he learned to ride bulls, raise cattle and work on the farm.
Hal met his wife of 47 years, Linda Burge Montgomery, in third grade when his family first moved to Doyline. Hal and Linda were childhood friends, then high school sweethearts. They graduated from Doyline High School in 1964. Hal and Linda married thirteen years after they first met in September of 1967. Linda was both the love of his life and his best friend.
Hal earned a degree in Animal Science in 1969 from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches where he was a member of the university's rodeo club. After college he and Linda returned to Doyline to make their home and raise a family on Ranch Azalee.
Hal loved to hunt, fish, and hone his skills as a marksman. he was an advocate for the Second Amendment right to bear arms ans was a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association. Hal enjoyed serving as an assistant instructor at Concealed Handgun Carry Courses and was a certified Sig Sauer Armorer.
Hal was known by many for his booming voice and larger than life personality. He was a gifted cook and loved entertaining a crowd with delicious food and fellowship. He never met a stranger and seemed most content when surrounded by friends, old and new, telling outlandish tales. Friends and family would beg him to tell old yarns again and again, despite knowing the words by heart.
Of all his accomplishments in life, Hal was most proud of his family, his wife of 47 years, two daughters and his grandchildren. Both of his grandsons were given his name-Benton Montgomery Bates and Hal Montgomery Madison. Through them he believed his legacy would live on. As his life came to and end, his only regret was not having enough time with his grandsons to hunt, fish, and teach them about the family farm he loved so dearly.
Hal was a man of faith throughout his illness, his faith never wavered and was a source of much strength.
Hal is preceded in death by his mother and father, Azalee Wilson Montgomery and A. Harold Montgomery, Sr. He is survived by his wife, Linda B. Montgomery, two daughters Leigh Ann Montgomery Bates and her husband, Bradley Eugene Bates of Doyline and Tara Montgomery Madison and her husband, John Meek Madison III of Baton Rouge, LA., and his grandchildren, Benton Montgomery Bates, Hal Montgomery Madison, Brooks Sidney Madison, and John Parker Madison.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 10, 2015. Memorial services will be held at first Baptist Haughton at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 11, 2015 with burial at Haughton Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Southern Methodist Church of Haughton, P.O. Box 337, Haughton, Louisiana 71037 or the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital at www.stjude.org/tribute.
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Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home
Haughton, Louisiana 71037
Published in Shreveport Times on Sept. 10, 2015.
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A. Harold "Hal" Montgomery, Jr. was born September 17, 1946 to Azalee Wilson Montgomery and A. Harold Montgomery, Sr. He passed away September 6, 2015 after a hard faught battle with liver cancer.
Hal grew up in Haughton until his family bought a farm, named Ranch Azalee after his mother, in Doyline when he was approximately 8 years old. Hal spent the remainder of his childhood and high school years in Doyline, where he learned to ride bulls, raise cattle and work on the farm.
Hal met his wife of 47 years, Linda Burge Montgomery, in third grade when his family first moved to Doyline. Hal and Linda were childhood friends, then high school sweethearts. They graduated from Doyline High School in 1964. Hal and Linda married thirteen years after they first met in September of 1967. Linda was both the love of his life and his best friend.
Hal earned a degree in Animal Science in 1969 from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches where he was a member of the university's rodeo club. After college he and Linda returned to Doyline to make their home and raise a family on Ranch Azalee.
Hal loved to hunt, fish, and hone his skills as a marksman. he was an advocate for the Second Amendment right to bear arms ans was a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association. Hal enjoyed serving as an assistant instructor at Concealed Handgun Carry Courses and was a certified Sig Sauer Armorer.
Hal was known by many for his booming voice and larger than life personality. He was a gifted cook and loved entertaining a crowd with delicious food and fellowship. He never met a stranger and seemed most content when surrounded by friends, old and new, telling outlandish tales. Friends and family would beg him to tell old yarns again and again, despite knowing the words by heart.
Of all his accomplishments in life, Hal was most proud of his family, his wife of 47 years, two daughters and his grandchildren. Both of his grandsons were given his name-Benton Montgomery Bates and Hal Montgomery Madison. Through them he believed his legacy would live on. As his life came to and end, his only regret was not having enough time with his grandsons to hunt, fish, and teach them about the family farm he loved so dearly.
Hal was a man of faith throughout his illness, his faith never wavered and was a source of much strength.
Hal is preceded in death by his mother and father, Azalee Wilson Montgomery and A. Harold Montgomery, Sr. He is survived by his wife, Linda B. Montgomery, two daughters Leigh Ann Montgomery Bates and her husband, Bradley Eugene Bates of Doyline and Tara Montgomery Madison and her husband, John Meek Madison III of Baton Rouge, LA., and his grandchildren, Benton Montgomery Bates, Hal Montgomery Madison, Brooks Sidney Madison, and John Parker Madison.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 10, 2015. Memorial services will be held at first Baptist Haughton at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 11, 2015 with burial at Haughton Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Southern Methodist Church of Haughton, P.O. Box 337, Haughton, Louisiana 71037 or the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital at www.stjude.org/tribute.
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Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home
Haughton, Louisiana 71037
Published in Shreveport Times on Sept. 10, 2015.
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