Bonnie Efird Foreman Hall

Bronnie
Efird Foreman Hall
SALISBURY -- Bronnie Efird Foreman Hall, 86, passed away May 19, 2011 at the Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks in Salisbury.
Born on May 8, 1925 in Rowan County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas A. Foreman, Sr. (Tom). and Bronnie Efird Foreman (Bron) of Salisbury. She was educated in the Salisbury City Schools and graduated from Boyden High School in 1942. She graduated from Catawba College in 1946 with an AB degree in mathematics. While at Catawba, she was the head majorette for the marching band and met the love of her life, Carl Wells Hall, Jr., a decorated B-24 pilot just returning from the European theater of World War II and taking classes at Catawba. Carl was in the process of buying some land in Western Rowan County and starting a dairy farm with his earnings from military service.
After her marriage to Carl and moving to the "country," Bronnie played many roles, as the wife of a dairy farmer, a middle school mathematics teacher, and the mother of five children. She often said of her three boys and two girls, 'We have three kings and two queens, which everyone knows is a full house.' She taught in the Rowan County Schools, including Cleveland, Landis Junior High, and Knox (Salisbury) Junior High, for over 30 years.
Carl and Bronnie were members of Thyatira Presbyterian Church and active in the West Rowan Community for many years. Bronnie served as president of the Mt. Ulla School PTA and the Thyatira Women of the Church, and held offices in the Home Demonstration Club and the Rowan County Democratic Party. Upon Carl's retirement from farming in 1988, they moved to Salisbury, where they joined the John Calvin Presbyterian Church.
Bronnie was preceded in death by her parents and her beloved husband Carl. She is survived by five beloved children, C. Wells Hall, III of Charlotte, his wife, Donna, John E. Hall of Troutman, his wife, Caryl, Thomas A. Hall of Cleveland, Luanne Hall Welch of Weston, Florida, her husband, Mike, and Bernice Hall Wilson of Cary, and her husband, Duane; nine beloved grandchildren, Jennifer A. Hall of Charlotte, Christopher B. Hall of Raleigh, Maggie Hall Barry of Pinehurst, her husband Patrick, Jerry D. Wilson of Cary, Kimberly H. Wilson of Cary, Joseph A. Kirchgassner IV of Charlottesville, Virginia, his wife, Lauren, John E. Hall, Jr. of Troutman, Gregory A. Hall of Troutman, and Carly M. Welch of Weston, Florida; one beloved great-grandchild, Anderson Patrick Barry of Pinehurst; her beloved brother, Thomas Alexander Foreman Jr., of Salisbury, and her beloved sister, Anna Foreman Comer of Salisbury.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday evening, May 22, 2011, at Summersett Funeral Home.
A graveside service is scheduled at 10:00AM, Monday, May 23rd at the Thyatira Presbyterian Church cemetery, Millbridge, North Carolina, immediately followed by visitation with the family in the church parlor at 10:15AM and a memorial service in the church sanctuary at 11:00 a.m. The Reverend Sandy Kern and Rev. Kellie Brown will officiate.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Easter Seals Respite Care Services, 620 West Innes St., Salisbury, NC 28144.
Summersett Funeral Home is assisting the family with funeral arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.summersettfuneralhome.com.