John Smith Hall, 77, who as a young man entered politics in his native Mingo County and became a veteran of the Statehouse, died of a heart attack yesterday at his home at 2224 Washington St., East.
Mr. Hall, who became a widely known citizen of Williamson before he moved to Charleston some years ago, served four terms in the House of Delegates, was assistant House clerk from 1930 to 1932 and was clerk of the House from 1933 to 1939.
Afterward he was employed as an accountant is the State Workmen's Compensation Dept., a position he held until a few years ago. During the current session of the Legislature Mr. Hall had returned to the Capitol as assistant sergeant-at-arms of the Senate.
In Williamson he had served as city clerk, city treasurer and Mingo County chief deputy sheriff. He had also worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway and from 1927 to 1939 was secretary of the Williamson Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Hall was the father of Dr. Carl B. Hall, Charleston physician, and Cullen G. Hall, Charleston attorney, and was a brother of Evan Hall of St. Albans, one of the early West Virginia state troopers and widely known as a law enforcement officer.
Born at Canterbury, a rural Mingo County town, then in Logan County, Mr. Hall attended public schools there and went to Concord College, then known as Concord State Normal School with the intention of becoming a school teacher. He taught in rural Mingo County schools for seven years before moving to Williamson where he made his name in politics. He would have been 88 years old on March 26.
Mr. Hall was past master of the Williamson lodge of Masons and about one year ago was honored by the lodge there for 50 years of Masonry. He was also a member of the Huntington Commandery, the Williamson Royal Arch Masons, Scottish Rite bodies, and Beni Kedem Temple of the Shrine in Charleston.
He was married Dec. 3, 1903, to Vinia E. Preece, member of another widely known Mingo County family.
Surviving in addition to his two sons and wife, are two daughters, Mrs. Ernestine Gedel of Charleston and Mrs. Esculene Smith of South Williamson. Ky.; three sisters. Mrs. Julia Evans of Naugatuck, Mrs. Ollie Bradshaw of Hoiden and Mrs. Edna Gillman of Lenore; the one brother. Evan of St. Albans; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church in Williamson with the Rev. Richard Newkirk officiating.
Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery at Williamson.
The body will be taken tomorrow morning from The Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home here to the home of the daughters, Mrs. John Smith in South Williamson, on the Kentucky side of the river opposite Williamson.
Charleston Daily Mail | Charleston, West Virginia | Friday, March 03, 1961
Mr. Hall, who became a widely known citizen of Williamson before he moved to Charleston some years ago, served four terms in the House of Delegates, was assistant House clerk from 1930 to 1932 and was clerk of the House from 1933 to 1939.
Afterward he was employed as an accountant is the State Workmen's Compensation Dept., a position he held until a few years ago. During the current session of the Legislature Mr. Hall had returned to the Capitol as assistant sergeant-at-arms of the Senate.
In Williamson he had served as city clerk, city treasurer and Mingo County chief deputy sheriff. He had also worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway and from 1927 to 1939 was secretary of the Williamson Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Hall was the father of Dr. Carl B. Hall, Charleston physician, and Cullen G. Hall, Charleston attorney, and was a brother of Evan Hall of St. Albans, one of the early West Virginia state troopers and widely known as a law enforcement officer.
Born at Canterbury, a rural Mingo County town, then in Logan County, Mr. Hall attended public schools there and went to Concord College, then known as Concord State Normal School with the intention of becoming a school teacher. He taught in rural Mingo County schools for seven years before moving to Williamson where he made his name in politics. He would have been 88 years old on March 26.
Mr. Hall was past master of the Williamson lodge of Masons and about one year ago was honored by the lodge there for 50 years of Masonry. He was also a member of the Huntington Commandery, the Williamson Royal Arch Masons, Scottish Rite bodies, and Beni Kedem Temple of the Shrine in Charleston.
He was married Dec. 3, 1903, to Vinia E. Preece, member of another widely known Mingo County family.
Surviving in addition to his two sons and wife, are two daughters, Mrs. Ernestine Gedel of Charleston and Mrs. Esculene Smith of South Williamson. Ky.; three sisters. Mrs. Julia Evans of Naugatuck, Mrs. Ollie Bradshaw of Hoiden and Mrs. Edna Gillman of Lenore; the one brother. Evan of St. Albans; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church in Williamson with the Rev. Richard Newkirk officiating.
Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery at Williamson.
The body will be taken tomorrow morning from The Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home here to the home of the daughters, Mrs. John Smith in South Williamson, on the Kentucky side of the river opposite Williamson.
Charleston Daily Mail | Charleston, West Virginia | Friday, March 03, 1961
John Smith Hall, 77, who as a young man entered politics in his native Mingo County and became a veteran of the Statehouse, died of a heart attack yesterday at his home at 2224 Washington St., East.
Mr. Hall, who became a widely known citizen of Williamson before he moved to Charleston some years ago, served four terms in the House of Delegates, was assistant House clerk from 1930 to 1932 and was clerk of the House from 1933 to 1939.
Afterward he was employed as an accountant is the State Workmen's Compensation Dept., a position he held until a few years ago. During the current session of the Legislature Mr. Hall had returned to the Capitol as assistant sergeant-at-arms of the Senate.
In Williamson he had served as city clerk, city treasurer and Mingo County chief deputy sheriff. He had also worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway and from 1927 to 1939 was secretary of the Williamson Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Hall was the father of Dr. Carl B. Hall, Charleston physician, and Cullen G. Hall, Charleston attorney, and was a brother of Evan Hall of St. Albans, one of the early West Virginia state troopers and widely known as a law enforcement officer.
Born at Canterbury, a rural Mingo County town, then in Logan County, Mr. Hall attended public schools there and went to Concord College, then known as Concord State Normal School with the intention of becoming a school teacher. He taught in rural Mingo County schools for seven years before moving to Williamson where he made his name in politics. He would have been 88 years old on March 26.
Mr. Hall was past master of the Williamson lodge of Masons and about one year ago was honored by the lodge there for 50 years of Masonry. He was also a member of the Huntington Commandery, the Williamson Royal Arch Masons, Scottish Rite bodies, and Beni Kedem Temple of the Shrine in Charleston.
He was married Dec. 3, 1903, to Vinia E. Preece, member of another widely known Mingo County family.
Surviving in addition to his two sons and wife, are two daughters, Mrs. Ernestine Gedel of Charleston and Mrs. Esculene Smith of South Williamson. Ky.; three sisters. Mrs. Julia Evans of Naugatuck, Mrs. Ollie Bradshaw of Hoiden and Mrs. Edna Gillman of Lenore; the one brother. Evan of St. Albans; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church in Williamson with the Rev. Richard Newkirk officiating.
Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery at Williamson.
The body will be taken tomorrow morning from The Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home here to the home of the daughters, Mrs. John Smith in South Williamson, on the Kentucky side of the river opposite Williamson.
Charleston Daily Mail | Charleston, West Virginia | Friday, March 03, 1961
Mr. Hall, who became a widely known citizen of Williamson before he moved to Charleston some years ago, served four terms in the House of Delegates, was assistant House clerk from 1930 to 1932 and was clerk of the House from 1933 to 1939.
Afterward he was employed as an accountant is the State Workmen's Compensation Dept., a position he held until a few years ago. During the current session of the Legislature Mr. Hall had returned to the Capitol as assistant sergeant-at-arms of the Senate.
In Williamson he had served as city clerk, city treasurer and Mingo County chief deputy sheriff. He had also worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway and from 1927 to 1939 was secretary of the Williamson Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Hall was the father of Dr. Carl B. Hall, Charleston physician, and Cullen G. Hall, Charleston attorney, and was a brother of Evan Hall of St. Albans, one of the early West Virginia state troopers and widely known as a law enforcement officer.
Born at Canterbury, a rural Mingo County town, then in Logan County, Mr. Hall attended public schools there and went to Concord College, then known as Concord State Normal School with the intention of becoming a school teacher. He taught in rural Mingo County schools for seven years before moving to Williamson where he made his name in politics. He would have been 88 years old on March 26.
Mr. Hall was past master of the Williamson lodge of Masons and about one year ago was honored by the lodge there for 50 years of Masonry. He was also a member of the Huntington Commandery, the Williamson Royal Arch Masons, Scottish Rite bodies, and Beni Kedem Temple of the Shrine in Charleston.
He was married Dec. 3, 1903, to Vinia E. Preece, member of another widely known Mingo County family.
Surviving in addition to his two sons and wife, are two daughters, Mrs. Ernestine Gedel of Charleston and Mrs. Esculene Smith of South Williamson. Ky.; three sisters. Mrs. Julia Evans of Naugatuck, Mrs. Ollie Bradshaw of Hoiden and Mrs. Edna Gillman of Lenore; the one brother. Evan of St. Albans; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church in Williamson with the Rev. Richard Newkirk officiating.
Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery at Williamson.
The body will be taken tomorrow morning from The Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home here to the home of the daughters, Mrs. John Smith in South Williamson, on the Kentucky side of the river opposite Williamson.
Charleston Daily Mail | Charleston, West Virginia | Friday, March 03, 1961
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