Obituary

Funeral services for Hall E. Nall will be held at Wood-Dunning Chapel in Plainview, Texas, on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007, at 2 p.m. with Jim Brewer of Southside Church of Christ, Lubbock, and Colquitt Nash of Ninth and Columbia Church of Christ in Plainview officiating. Hall Nall died at his home on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Lockney, Texas, on June 24, 1918, and lived in Plainview since 1945. Before World War II, he was co-owner of an insurance business in Lockney with Leighton Maggard. Following four years of war service, he was again partners with Maggard, from 1945-86, in Maggard-Nall Motor Company of Plainview. He married Nora Lucille (Luci) Walker of Plainview in 1945. Survivors include his wife, Luci; his son, Lance Nall of Austin, Texas; and a sister, Mrs. John (Mary Annie) McCormick of Dumas, Texas. He was preceded in death by his son, Charles E. Nall of Lubbock; his brothers, Joseph W. Nall of Amarillo, Dr. Kline A. Nall of Lubbock, Carl E. Nall of Redding, Calif., and J.H. Nall Jr. of Lockney; a sister, Mrs. Don (Elvora) Bledsoe of Lubbock; and his parents, John H. Nall and Eddith Esther (Smith) Nall of Amarillo. Hall Nall grew up in Lockney, blessed with a loving family and a strong faith. Family and church life also instilled in him a lifelong love of singing. He was often a song leader at church and was the song director for many years of The Millennium Singers - a group giving hundreds of free performances to nursing and retirement homes, senior citizen centers and music jamborees. He noted the group's name is not religious, but comes from the claim that if you added up all their ages you'd get a thousand. Hall volunteered for the Army in early 1941. After Pearl Harbor, he was stationed in Agra, India, for three years as an Army hospital administrator. His hospital treated some of Merrell's Marauders, and many of the malaria and tropical disease cases suffered in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater of the War in the Pacific. He also would occasionally kid his wife that one of his duties was to chaperone the nurses to the Taj Mahal a mile down the road. Back in the USA, he worked in the Atlantic City hospital handling most of the amputees from the war, and later in Santa Fe at the Army's main tuberculosis hospital. Discharged in November 1945, he reformed a pre-war partnership with Leighton Maggard to start Maggard-Nall Motor Company in Plainview, a new car dealership which lasted until their retirement in 1986. Hall served his community in many ways. He was a past president of the Plainview Chamber of Commerce, the Plainview Industrial Foundation and the Hale County Hospital Authority, serving on the board for 23 years and helping to build the current hospital. He served on the Hale County Senior Citizens Center board for almost a decade. He also was a past president of the Texas Automobile Dealers Association and on the executive board for many years. He was involved in area highway projects, helped start a popular barbershop quartet singing association and managed to maintain his flying skills. He was a busy and happy fellow. Hall Nall and Luci loved to fish whenever they could. They never lost their enjoyment of being on the water. They loved to travel in their fifth-wheel for many years with the Good Sam Club and others. They loved the outdoors. Hall was always glad to see you, with a great smile and great hugs. Hall could manage to get along with most everyone, and had a lively and warm sense of humor and wit. We will always miss him but always enjoy his memory. The family requests any memorials go to the Ninth and Columbia Church of Christ or to the Millennium Singers in Plainview, c/o Hale County Senior Citizens Center, 1107 Smyth, Plainview, TX 79072.