Avis de décès de James-Howard Hall - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

HALL, JAMES HOWARD Howard Hall was born March 24, 1922 in West Palm Beach, Florida to Daniel Alexander Hall and Vera Louise Lassiter passed away on July 25, 2012. He graduated from Palm Beach High School and attended Clemson Military Academy in Clemson, South Carolina. After one year he transferred to the University of Florida and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration. While at the University of Florida he was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and joined ROTC. After graduation in 1942 he immediately enlisted as a Lieutenant in the Air Force and trained to be a Bomber pilot, flying B-29 Bombers. He returned to civilian life after the war and moved back to West Palm Beach for a short time. During his stay there he was introduced to an insurance agent and went to work for her for about a year. He and his family then returned to Gainesville for him to pursue a career in insurance. In December 1952 he opened the Howard Hall Agency in a one room office on the second floor of the office building located on the corner of S. Main Street and First Avenue. He did it all, selling the insurance, typing the policies, collecting the premium and paying his companies. Later he moved into more spacious office and hired a secretary and by 1962 he built the Howard Hall Building at 605 N.E. First Street which housed the agency until 2000. The Howard Hall Agency became one of the largest and most respected Insurance Agencies in Gainesville. Howard was chairman of United Way, President of the Gainesville Jaycees, President of Gainesville Rotary Club, President of the Gainesville Golf and Country Club, President of the Chamber of Commerce and was asked by the City of Gainesville back in the early sixties to head up the first Economic Outreach Committee. He was well respected in the Insurance Industry and served as President of the Florida Association of Insurance Agents in 1975. He survived by his wife of 38 years Barbara Boyette Hall, sons James Howard Hall, Jr, of Gainesville, Fredrick Bryant Hall of Montana, daughter Martha Hall Kloeppel (Bill) of Micanopy and step son Brett E. Kirkland, Daytona Beach. Grand-daughters, Susan Hall Harney( Tony) Dunnellon, Nancy Hall Sanders (Sam) Micanopy, Great-grand children, Christopher Harney, Dunnellon, Kay Lee Harney, Dunnellon and Clay Sanders, Micanopy and former daughter in law Maxine Baldwin Hall, mother of our grandchildren, Waco, Texas, and Jackson, his beloved miniature schnauzer. Those who wish to pay their respects to Howard may do so Monday, July 30 from 4-6pm at Milam Funeral Home. Memorial Services will be on Wednesday August 1, 2012 at 10:30am at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 100 N.E. First Street, Gainesville, Fl. The Rev. Louanne Loch and Associate Rector, Rev. Ronald M. Owen will be officiating. Immediately following the ceremony there will be a Reception in the Parish Hall and all are invited. In lieu of flowers the family request that donations be made to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church for the benefit of Holy Trinity Child Caring Center's new facility to provide a safe, loving and educational ministry to the children of Gainesville. This ministry is very dear to Howard and Bobbie and your contributions will be much appreciated. Please mail to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church at 100 NE. First Street, Gainesville, Fl 32601. A private family interment will follow at Forest Meadows, N.W. 39th Avenue under the direction of MILAM FUNERAL HOME, 311 S Main St., Gainesville, Fl 32601, 352-376-5361.