PASSING OF BROTHER BILL HALL

Brother Bill Hall's suffering is over. His testimony was that, "I am ready to go any time." Brother Greer, General Baptist Pastor in Camden, TN and Nephew by marriage to Brother Bill, and I prayed with Brother Hall at approximately 3:50 pm. He was having great difficulty breathing. His Niece said that his breathing became scattered around 4:05 and he passed on shortly thereafter. She said he went very peacefully with no struggle. Brother Bill was 88 years on this earth and now is in eternity with the Lord. We will miss him but he is where he wanted to go as he said, "any time." He testified to being saved and knowing Jesus as Savior since he was a young man. One of the great testimonies to this gentleman is that when his wife had a stroke and survived but was crippled and unable to even feed herself, Brother Bill visited her in the Rehab. Center twice a day for many years and, then, when his doctor told him that he must slow down and take care of himself he visited her every day, feeding her and caring for her, for over twelve years before she died. Brother Bill was also an avid walker and walked two miles every day until last August when his doctor told him he needed to cut back. He then walked a mile for a while until he found out he had cancer and then he rode an indoor exercise bike up until a couple weeks ago before he became too weak to even paddle it. He had a tumor on an artery that was inoperable and it finally broke through and the bleeding made him very weak. He told me this past Tuesday in his home, "I would like to come to church again but I have been so weak." I assured him that we all understand and are praying for him. He always was receptive to prayer and thanked me and the church for praying. He had a gentle, easygoing spirit right up to his last breath when God took him on home. Not many left in this country like Brother Bill Hall. . .He will be greatly missed but now we believe is where he was longing to go.

Funeral arrangements will be made by family members and posted at a later time.