Orville Craig Hall, 84 of Bevil Oaks, Texas died Thursday, December 23, 2004 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Mr. Hall was born October 5, 1920 in Delphine, Texas near Spindletop to Vinton Clyde and Davida Craig Hall.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 26, 2004 in Wesley United Methodist Church of Beaumont under the direction of Broussard’s, 1605 N. Major, Beaumont, with Reverend Jim Bass, Reverend W. C. Hall and Reverend Elvis Davis officiating. His burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park with Ronnie Callaway, Russell Trotman, Tommy Hebert, Darrell Whitaker, Fred Turner and Trini Gonzalez serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Casey Hall, Tony Patterson, Lester Hall and all the men and women he served faithfully with at Wesley. A gathering of his family and friends will be from 1 – 3 p.m. Sunday in the sanctuary prior to his funeral.
Mr. Hall was a veteran of WWII, having been an airplane mechanic in the Army Air Corps. A rice farmer and truck driver, he was an active member of Wesley where he served as Youth Counselor, Board Member, Worship Committee Chairman, church bus driver, usher and greeter. Mr. Hall was the first mayor of Bevil Oaks serving from 1963 to 1981, and was actively involved with the Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission during his tenure.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Dolores Wilson Hall; by his daughter and son-in-law, Orvalee and Armon Husband of Bevil Oaks; and by his son and daughter-in-law, Owen Craig and Tina Hall of Bevil Oaks. He is survived by his sisters, Violet Padden of Sulphur, Louisiana and Janie Trotman and her husband Carl of Beaumont; by his grandchildren, Noel and Fred Turner, Ellen and Trini Gonzalez, Sara and Tony Patterson, and Casey Hall; and by his great-granddaughters, Elizabeth Gonzalez and Alexandra Turner.
Memorial gifts may be made to: Wesley United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 7410, Beaumont, Texas 77726.
