John "Possum" Hall

Funeral services for John Rowan Possum Hall, 88, of Ore City, will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at Hughes Springs Church of Christ with Johnnie Coleman officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home in Hughes Springs. There will be a time of visitation from 6 until 8 Tuesday evening at the funeral home. John was born July 15, 1925 and passed away May 25 2014 at Theron Grainger Nursing Home. He married the love of his life, Kathleen, in 1959. He worked for General Dynamics for 30 years before the company closed. He then went to work for his brother-in-law as a construction worker until he retired. His favorite pass times consisted of camping, fishing, and working in his garden. He was a quiet man, so when he said something, everybody listened. John was preceded in death by his loving wife of 54 years, Kathleen Beard Hall; his parents, John Frank Hall and Mary McDaniel Hall; one brother, Glenn Hall; one sister, Francis Dyer; and one son, Orville Lee Duncan. John is survived by one daughter, Claudia Watkins and husband Lewis of Hughes Springs; one son, Al Ellis of Ore City; five grandchildren, Bruce Beekman and wife Tammie of Longview, Tracy Beekman of Crandall, Lisa Strickland and husband Shannon of Hughes Springs, Robert Duncan and wife Kasey of Washington, and Alana Duncan of Oregon; two sisters, Maxine Beckett of Hughes Springs and Erma Dean Moore and husband Don of Kansas; 15 great-grandchildren; four great-great greatgrandchildren; as well as many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.