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1954
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2011
Melissa Hall Obituary
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for Melissa Hall
July 19, 2011
Intelligent, eccentric, wistful, bold. Melissa! We wrote copy together at Dillard's; she was my "big sister" then.Oh, how we would dream of our futures while rushing our end-of-the-month clearance copy back to the typesetter! Melissa wrote copy that sounded like a sonnet, then laughed as she crumbled it and threw it away. So endearingly Melissa...
Diane Grace
April 16, 2011
Melissa and I have been friends since we traveled to France when we were in college some 35 years ago. We bonded deeply, sharing our lives with each other over the years. She was so much a part of my life and I am so terribly sad that she is gone. Melissa, I will light a candle and think of you often. Love, Diane
Melissa Mia Hall, Thanksgiving, 2008
February 22, 2011
Bernadine Riordan
February 21, 2011
Dear Melissa, I met you at my wedding to your cousin Kyle in Durant, OK in December 1995. I had no friends or family there. Even though we had just met, I felt comfortable with you and you became my honorary maid of honor. I loved your quirky southern gothic view of the world and your intensity about your work. I thought of you often over the years and with great fondness.
Clarence Lewis III
February 18, 2011
To a great script editor, teacher and moreso, prayer partner at trying times.
Kara Aitken
February 10, 2011
God Bless you Melissa. I know you are in heaven with the angels and our Heavenly Father.
February 10, 2011
Melissa was the sweetest person I know. her heart was too large for her own good at times. If she liked you, she was your champion and defender. Her talents were many. I will forever regret missing our birthday lunch. Michele
February 10, 2011
Melissa was such a nice person with so many talents and a gentle sense of humor. She always had so many projects going on and so many things she could do. I envied her creativity. Probably 30 years ago she took a photograph of me that ended up probably being my favorite photo of me. I purchased a very special frame for it and gave it to my very special Grandmother. My Grandmother treasured it until she died many years ago. Melissa emailed me this past Christmas because she liked the snow photos (from 2009 Christmas) that I had on our 2010 Christmas card and sent me some of her snow photos from the same timeframe. She signed the emails, "Hugs, Melissa, Daisy and Colette Kitty... " -- Becky Matthews Haynie
Ann & Alan Codlin
February 8, 2011
We got to know Melissa and her sister Melody through her two nieces Amy & Erin. Such wonderful memories of two great ladies.
Thinking of the family during this difficult time.
Carolyn Holcomb
February 8, 2011
I met Melissa thru her sister Melody who was one of my best friends for over 25 years. I know she will be missed.
February 8, 2011
I knew Melissa for over 30 years and met her thru her sister Melody who was one of my best friends and I kept up with her thru Melody. I know she will be missed. Carolyn Holcomb
Scott Cupp
February 8, 2011
I knew Melissa for more than 30 years as a friend and fellow writer. We emailed occasionally and talked whenever we were in the area. She was a dearly loved and will now be sorely missed.
Alice Hoffman
February 8, 2011
Will miss your wonderful writing and your love of fiction. Peace to you Melissa
Toni Prachick
February 7, 2011
Dearest Melissa, I suppose it is true that the good, bright, humorous, and gentle souls do die young. You were there with me and our other friend on my first Thanksgiving after my husband died. You gave me an original art piece that you created. I will remember you fondly!
Kathy Jones Robertson
February 7, 2011
I knew Melissa thru her dear sister Melody, I cannot believe she too is gone. My heart goes out to you Michelle, Amy and Erin. I miss Melody almost every day and always meant to get in touch with Melissa again. Time just isn't on our side. Bless you all.
roy conner
February 7, 2011
She was a lover of books and photography.she will be missed.
Susan Mary Malone
February 7, 2011
Oh, Melissa, can't believe yet that you crossed over. Godspeed, my friend . . .
Marissa Mia Kirkpatrick
February 6, 2011
My dear great aunt melissa i will miss you every day! I Love You and later in life we will be together once again hand in hand .
Harley Jane Kozak
February 6, 2011
Melissa, we will never forget you.
Pam Wilson Osburn
February 6, 2011
Melissa I will miss your periodic phone calls and your funny laugh. Heaven has received a truly wonderful gift. My love and prayers go out to your family and friends.
Amy Sterling Casil
February 6, 2011
Melissa, I'm thinking of you now and I wish we hadn't been strangers recently. You were the sweetest, most fun and creative friend ever. We are all thinking of you and missing you . . .
Mandy Davis Byas
February 6, 2011
Melissa was such a sweet person, so caring and loving. I was so sadden to hear about her passing. The Class of 72 will miss her greatly!
February 6, 2011
In loving memory of a wonderful person who was loved and will be missed greatly.
Regina Polk Sanders
a Carter-Riverside High School classmate
Carole Nelson Douglas
February 6, 2011
Deepest condolences to Melissa's many family members on her unexpected and tragic passing.
Melissa had taken the ubiquitous and modest fortune-cookie slips found in boxes and beside plates from throwaways to found art objects and made them a symbol of her creative spirit and her personal hopes for the future. She put them in collages and on greeting cards, which she loved and used frequently.
Whether it was through writing fiction or her photography and painting, her life was a continuing creative assemblage in which she reached out to others in various roles, sometimes as peer, educator, critic, collaborator or mentor, but always as friend. As a fiction writer, she had a feminist sensibility and an unblinking eye when confronting the dark. She persisted in following the creative life as fiercely as her idols, Vincent van Gogh and the French author known simply as Colette.
When Melissa joined me in a research trip to Paris years ago, she wrote ahead so that we could lunch at Colette's favorite restaurant. We sat in the late writer's usual velvet banquette bearing a brass marker with her name.
I hope Melissa is communing with Colette now, under a rainbow of good fortunes.
Mari-Beth Douglas
February 6, 2011
I am so sorry to learn of Melissa's passing. I knew her when she worked for me as an advertising copywriter at Dillard's in the late 70s. She was writing a science fiction manuscript back then and later won a prestigious award that entailed a trip to London. We were all thrilled for her and basking in her joy (and probably just a wee bit jealous.)
What a sweetheart she was.
jane yolen
February 6, 2011
Dear Melissa--I'll miss you forever, dearest friend.
xxxJane
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