Ray Hall Obituary

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Ray Hall, Born in Jasper, Texas on March 3, 1931. His family moved to Houston when he was a teenager and he graduated from San Jacinto High School. After graduating he enlisted in the United Coast Guard located in Groton, Connecticut. He was assigned to the USCGC Triton, a submarine, and received a commendation for his part in the successful rescue at sea after two ships collided. Ray was also a Radar instructor, and he left the service after six years. He then attended the University of Houston.
After the service Ray went to work in the Insurance industry, and after the initial learning period he was given a job as a Property Adjuster. After a few years he opened his own company, Ray Hall Adjusting Company, and had several employees until he decided to close the business after several years. He met and went to work for the owner of an Energy adjusting company who "showed him the ropes" and taught him many facets of oil industry insurance adjusting. He continued in various types of adjusting until 10-12 months before his death.
Ray met Merle (Thompson) in 1969 and after a year of an "on and off again" courtship they decided to get married. Merle had two sons, John who was 10 yrs old and Brad was 4. When Brad proved to be an exceptional baseball player Ray was very active in his activities. He also played football and both boys were avid fishermen. John was in the Navy and after being discharged he entered the oil industry and worked on drilling rigs until his death.
Survivors include Ray's wife Merle, sister-in-laws Pat Perry and her children & grandchildren, and Anita Frazier & husband Chet Frazier and their children & grandchildren. Ray's survivors from the Hall family include son Mitchel Hall & grandson Dylon, brothers Lindy Hall, wife Joy & their children & grandchildren, Charles Hall & children, sister-in-law Doris Hall and sister Ruth Hall. Other brothers Cliff, Pat and Roger Hall and sister Mildred Hall predeceased him.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 10, 2011 at First Presbyterian Church of Kingwood, 5520 Kingwood Drive, Kingwood, Texas 77345 at 2:00 P.M. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to First Presbyterian Church and memo "For FPCK chancel choir". Ray has always been proud of his wife Merle as an active choir member and looked forward to Sunday mornings and their other performances.

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Published by Houston Chronicle on Sep. 9, 2011.

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for Ray Hall

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Robby Robinson

October 8, 2011

Hello Merle,

I have never met you but I feel like I know you from the many discussions I was fortunate enough to have with Ray. Most conversations were related to adjusting but there were more than a few where he spoke of you . One conversation comes to mind when I was being a cry baby about paying my taxes when Ray said "in a way only Ray could pull off,with being extremely blundt and gruff but you knew he cared that "Robby you need to grow up and the day you do you will understand that being "RICH" has little to do with money!!"
Even knowing your Ray was ill, he never once mentioned any discomfort or pain and he offered his help to anyone who was serious about the industry.As Mike spoke of, there are thousands of adjusters new and old across the country whos lives were touched by Ray in one way or another.
I cannot ever fathom your pain right now, butI hope you know that your Ray was revered, respected and yes, even loved by many of us in the industry. I as an individual and the industry as a whole will miss your Ray dearly and he will NEVER be forgotten. I believe that the highest distinction a man can achieve is "service to others" You can log on to CADO and read the thousands of posts that your Ray wrote over the years. Those posts are archived and will never be erased.
I can imagine Ray up there with our maker explaining the FICUS tree and that makes me smile.
Merle you are in our prayers and I send you my sympathy

Robby Robinson

Mike Kunze

October 6, 2011

Mrs. Hall,

There are a bunch of us out here across the country who truly admired Ray. We are members of CADO (Catadjuster.org), who have as for the most part maybe never met Ray in person...but conversed with him over the phone or emailed, or chatted, or quarreled and debated insurance issues over the years. But it was always entertaining, because Ray could be a bit of a rascal as I'm sure you know. Anyway, I want you to know that there are hundreds, if not more, that know who Ray Hall was. All you have to do is log onto catadjuster.org, and the forums are full of his comments over the past several years. In fact I still have emails from Ray from maybe about 5 years back that I have never deleted from my history. Ray probably had more friends than one knows, and that...without even ever meeting them in person. What a gift, what a loss.

September 9, 2011

Merle, so sorry to hear about the lost of Ray. John Ray emailed me today that he had seen you at a Lamar reunion and that Ray was fighting cancer. It is hard to believe that you and I were working together some 40 years ago and so much of life has happened in that 40 years. Kyle and I both send you our best and will keep you in our prayers. John

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