Obituaries: Edward Randall Hall, 1979, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 17, 1979 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Services Thursday for Winn Broadcaster

Funeral services for Edward Randall Hall, 56, of 302 Virginia Avenue,
Winnfield, La., a prominent Winnfield citizen and radio broadcaster for the
past 25 years will be held Thursday, October 18, 1979, at 10:30 a.m. in First
United Methodist Church with Reverends Grayson B. Watson, W. R. Gage, and
Charles Haley officiating.  Interment will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery
on Highway 84, West of Winnfield.

Hall died Tuesday, October 16, 1979 at 7:15 a.m. in Schumpert Medical Center
in Shreveport, Louisiana after a lengthy illness.

Born in Crossett, Arkansas on April 5, 1923, the son of the late Jesse H. and
Estelle Atkins Hall, Edward Hall purchased Radio Station KVCL in October, 1958
and has been a continuous resident of Winnfield since that time.  He was a
member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a member of Eastern
Star Masonic Lodge No. 151 F. & A. M., a member of the Winnfield Rotary Club,
past president of the Winn Parish Chamber of Commerce, and treasurer of the
local chapter of Salvation Army.  In World War II, he served as a pilot in
the China-Burma Theater, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross for
meritorious service.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Betty Reynolds Hall, and one son, Edward Hall,
Jr., both of Winnfield; and three brothers, Jesse H. Hall of Cleveland, Ohio,
John A. Hall of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Richard D. Hall of North Little
Rock, Arkansas.