Extracted from The Times (Shreveport, LA)
Friday, August 16, 2002

Mr. Carroll Hall

JONESBORO, LA -- Mr. Carroll Hall, 81, went to be with the Lord on August 15, 2002. Visitation will be held at Edmonds Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Louisiana on Friday, August 16, 2002 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m., Saturday, August 17, 2002, in the Chapel of Edmonds Funeral Home. Officiating will be Reverend Robert Leach and Reverend Jeff Stroud.

Mr. Carroll was a native and lifelong resident of Friendship, Louisiana. He was a major watermelon grower in the Saline area, providing jobs for many young people over the years. He also was retired from the Woodlands Division of Stone Container in Hodge, Louisiana.

He was a decorated World War II veteran who served in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theater throughout the war.

Mr. Carroll is survived by his devoted wife of 60 years, Hazel; his son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Jean Hall of Friendship, Louisiana; his daughter and son-in-law, Gail and Jim Martin of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; his son and daughter-in-law, Jodie and Kathy Hall of Friendship, Louisiana; three grandchildren, Alana Gail Macaluso and husband, Kevin of Houston, Texas, Dustin Hall Martin and wife, Amy of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Hunter Carroll Hall of Friendship, Louisiana; one great-grandson, Devin Blake Martin of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and a host of friends and acquaintances.

Pallbearers will be Kim Treadway, Michael Phillips, Murray Hall, Ted Sanderlin, John Plunkett and John Paterson. Honorary pallbearers are Jim D. Martin, Bo Harville, Malvin Hall, J. R. Davis and Robert Thomas.

The family extends its gratitude to Dr. Edward Mariano and the entire staff of the ICU of Lincoln General Hospital in Ruston, Louisiana.