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Submitted: 10/4/21 • Approved: 10/10/21 • Last Updated: 10/13/21 • R1393801-G1393801-S3
Billy
August 27, 1927 - April 24, 2018
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Thursday, April 26, 2018
PEA RIDGE — Billy Lawrence Hall, 90, of Pea Ridge died Tuesday, April 24, at the VA Retirement Home in Fayetteville. He was born Aug. 27, 1927 in Mountain, Mo., to Cecil Boyd Hall and Esther Vaughn Hall.
Billy L. married Delores F. Wilkerson on April 12, 1952, in Pea Ridge, Ark., where they lived until September 2016. They moved to the Mt. Carmel Assisted Living in Rogers, Ark.
As a Korean War veteran, he was awarded the Purple Heart and was honorably discharged for his meritorious service from 1950-1952. He was a lifetime member of the Wood-Hall VFW post in Pea Ridge. From 1955 until 1975, Billy L. was a leading custom home builder in Northwest Arkansas and Southwest Missouri. He was also a commercial contractor building several churches including the United Methodist Church of Pea Ridge, as well as the first Radio Shack in the area.
When Sam Walton bought the Bank of Pea Ridge, Mr. Walton asked him to build the new bank at its current location in 1968. He loved to work and was very proud of his accomplishments; however, he was forced into medical retirement in 1975. He was a member of the Pea Ridge United Methodist Church and was the builder of the current church in 1974 and the educational building in 1963.
Proud of his family, Hall, Laughlin, Schell, Vaughn, and Clanton relations, he enjoyed family gatherings talking about old times. His grade school was spent at Antioch and Jacket. He graduated from Pea Ridge High School in 1945 and also an alumni member.
Billy L. is preceded in death by his parents and his dear cousin, Bonnie Hall Ester. Survivors are his wife of 66 years, Delores Hall; a son, Lester Hall and wife Barbara of Pea Ridge; a daughter, Penny Schwitters of Pea Ridge; a granddaughter, Savannah Swain and husband Erik of Kansas City, Mo., as well as numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
Service is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, April 28 at Pea Ridge United Methodist Church. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday before the service at the church. Burial will be at Buttram Chapel Cemetery with full military honors.
Delores
November 7, 1933* - May 10, 2019
*Obituary (as written)
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
PEA RIDGE — Delores Fay Wilkerson Hall, 85, of Pea Ridge, Ark., passed away on Friday, May 10, 2019, at the Circle of Life in Bentonville, Ark. She was born Nov. 11, 1933, in Brightwater, Ark., oldest daughter of Benton Wolford Wilkerson and Lena Don Prophet. She was the oldest grandchild of Clum and Betty Wilkerson and George and Bess Prophet.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Billy L. Hall, her parents and sister Betty Jean Wilkerson.
She is survived by son Lester D. Hall (Barbara), daughter Penny Hall Schwitters of Pea Ridge and granddaughter Savannah Swain (Erik) of Kansas City, Mo.; sister June Misenhimer (Richard) of Rogers, Ark.; brothers C.W. Wilkerson (Becky) of Rogers, Ark., Jerry Wilkerson (Judy) of Pea Ridge, Ark., James Wilkerson (Belvie) of Kansas City, Mo., and Dr. L.M. "Mac" Hardy (Marilyn) of Shreveport, La.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Delores was chosen for the 1950 Pea Ridge Centennial Fair Queen Court; was a Class of 1951 graduate of Pea Ridge Schools; worked for Hailey Ford Tractor and Car Co. as a bookkeeper; worked for Bell Telephone Co. as a telephone operator; Pea Ridge grade school room mother; substitute teacher at Pea Ridge Schools; and organizer for the Pea Ridge Riding Club; Thurman (Shorty) Parsons volunteer Rodeo of the Ozarks 1950s, '60s and 7Os. She was a member American Quarter Horse Association; owner of quarter horses that did racing in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma; member of United Methodist Churches of Brightwater then Pea Ridge and past trustee; original member Ozark Downs Horse Association; life-time member of Rogers/Bentonville Elks Lodge; originator of the Pea Ridge Florist 1975; Mt. Vernon Township election worker and sheriff for 40 years; original member of the Pea Ridge Park commission; obtained Arkansas Real Estate Commission sales license in 1979 and sold real estate for Hall Realty in Pea Ridge; and Pea Ridge City Councilwoman 1986 through 1992.
Honorary pallbearers are L.C. Barnett, Rick Buck, Keith Escue, Jim Jobe, David Kitchen, David Patterson and Kent Webb. Visitation will be Thursday, May 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Sisco Funeral Home in Pea Ridge, Ark. Graveside service will be at Buttram's Chapel Cemetery, Lee Town Road, Pea Ridge, Ark. Rev. Dr. Scott Stewart will officiate the service on Friday morning at 11 a.m. If inclement weather is forecasted for Friday morning, service will be at Sisco Funeral Home.
Married April 12, 1952
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