Obituary of Norvell Sylvester Hall

Norvell S. Hall Funeral services for Norvell Sylvester Hall of Paynesville, MO, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry, MO. Rev. Keith Barnhart, pastor of the Edgewood Baptist Church near Bowling Green, MO, will officiate with burial in Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksville, MO. Serving as pallbearers will be James Jeans, Frank Jeans, Charles Henley, Harris Guyton, Carl Brune and Jack Burkemper. Honorary Pallbearers will be Junior Adams, Roland Akers, Warren Magruder, Loren Sutton, Jack Morrow and Raymond Smith. Mr. Hall, 93, passed away Friday evening, June 13, 2008 at the Elsberry Health Care Center near Elsberry. Born August 31, 1914 in Hannibal, MO, he was the son of Pearl Hiram and Alice Norvell Hall. Orphaned at age 8, he was raised by his Aunt and Uncle, Minnie and Ben Lewis. He was a 1933 graduate of Paynesville High School. He was united in marriage on March 1, 1936 in Troy, MO to Doris Maurine Aderton. This union was blessed with five children: Benny, Bonnie, Sharon, Karen and Donald. A lifelong resident of southern Pike County, he was a farmer and operated Hall Farms near Paynesville until his health no longer allowed his active participation. He was preceded in death by his parents, Pearl and Alice Hall; his "adopted" parents, Ben and Minnie Lewis; his cousin/"brother", Ben Lewis, Jr.; and his beloved wife of over 68 years, Doris Hall, who died December 21, 2004. Survivors include two sons: Benny Hall and his wife, Hettie, of Eolia, Donald Hall and his wife, Judy, of Elsberry; three daughters: Bonnie Occhi and her husband, Richard S., of Troy, MO, Sharon Worthington and her husband, Danny, of Bowling Green, MO, and Karen Norton of Clarksville; eleven grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. He also leaves his "adopted" sister-in-law, Louise (Mrs. Ben, Jr.) Lewis of Eolia; several cousins, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Visitation will be held from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Monday, June 16, 2008 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry. Memorials may be made to Edgewood Baptist Church or to the American Diabetes Association in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 South Fifth Street, Elsberry, MO 63343.