Sarah Elizabeth (Williford) Hall (1925 - 2006)

Born 24 Sep 1925 in Commerce, Jackson County, Georgia, United States

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Died 21 Apr 2006 at age 80 in Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Betty was born in 1925. She is the daughter of John Williford and Norma Haley. She passed away in 2006.

Obituary^[1]

Sarah Elizabeth “Betty” Hall, 80, died on April 21, 2006, at her home in Moultrie. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at First Presbyterian Church in Moultrie with the Rev. Hugh Ward officiating. The family will receive visitors following the service at the First Presbyterian Church. Interment will be at Pinecrest Memory Gardens.

Born Sept. 24, 1925, in Commerce, Ga., Mrs. Hall grew up in Eatonton, where her father, John Aubrey Williford, was a primary founder of the Rock Eagle 4-H Center, and her mother, Norma Haley Williford, helped found and was long-time curator of the Uncle Remus Museum in Eatonton. Her late sister Norma Watterson succeeded Mrs. Williford as curator of the museum.

Mrs. Hall graduated from the University of Georgia, where she met her husband, Howard Hall of Moultrie. After marriage and moving to Moultrie, she went into the teaching profession, where she taught second, third and sixth grades at Okapilco School in Colquitt County and 10th grade at Moultrie High School, retiring as a high school English teacher.

Mrs. Hall had a long record of active service with clubs and organizations in Moultrie, including the Junior Woman’s Club; the Moultrie Federated Guild, where she served as president; and the John Benmng chapter of The Daughters of the American Revolution, where she served twice as regent. She served as district president of the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs, and was named as “State Clubwoman of the Year” by the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs. A lover of nature and animals, she helped start Moultrie’s Humane Society. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Moultrie.

Mrs. Hall’s interests included bridge, reading and traveling with her husband. She was a vivacious, direct, spirited, and fearless Southern lady, her family said. A born extrovert and conversationalist, her family said she touched the lives of many people from all walks of life over the course of her teaching career and throughout her lifetime. An enthusiastic supporter of the University of Georgia, she kept to an old UGA tradition, always ringing a big backyard farmbell whenever the Bulldogs won a game. She enjoyed playing the piano, and adored “Buddy,” the Halls’ yellow Labrador retriever.

Survivors include her husband of 58 years, Howard William Hall of Moultrie; one daughter, Haley Hyatt and son-in-law Barry Hyatt of Valdosta; one grandson, Dr. Mark Howard Blanchard of Moultrie; brother-in-law, Jack Hall and his wife Helen of Moultrie and Highlands, N.C.; sister-in-law, Mary Ellen Christian of Brunswick; and several nieces and nephews.

Honorary pallbearers will be Buck Heard, Henry Klar, Keith Wilson, Bob Gavigan, John Hall. Art Ellis, Bill Mclntosh and Pete Dillard.

Cobb Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Sources

1. ↑ The Moultrie Observer, April 23, 2006

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3W29-QW2 : accessed 29 July 2015), Betty Williford in household of Aubrey J Williford, Commerce, Jackson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0008, sheet 3B, family 66, line 71, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 370; FHL microfilm 2,340,105.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7PC-F84 : accessed 29 July 2015), Betty Williford in household of J Aubrey Williford, Eatonton, Militia District 368, Putnam, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 117-11, sheet 7A, family 171, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 703.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #98507944