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Lars Hall

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Sep 29, 1963 – Feb 18, 2024

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BORN
September 29, 1963
DIED
February 18, 2024
LOCATION
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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Woodfin Funeral Chapel - Murfreesboro Obituary

Lars Hall, age 60, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2024. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Zona Sears Jones and John Bell Jones; grandparents, Charles and Elnora Hall; aunts Jean Pique, Judith Kaulfurst, Patsy Vadner, and Emma Hall.


He is survived by his daughter, Sophie Hall, her partner Nate and her mother Sirena; parents, William and Linda Hall; brother, Eric Hall, his wife Margaret; brother, Jonathan Hall, his wife Trish and their children Laya and Max; as well as many loving extended family members and friends.


He was born in Newport News, VA on September 29, 1963. His primary education took place in many locations, including Saudi Arabia, Kentucky and Michigan. He graduated from Oak Ridge High school and went on to study music and computers at Middle Tennessee State University. In his youth he traveled to several countries, including France, England, Ireland, Belgium, Italy, Egypt, Israel, Cyprus and Greece. While at college, he fell in love with the community he developed in Murfreesboro, TN and lived there for 40 years. He had hoped to move to St. Petersburg, FL before he passed away. 


Lars had many passions, to name a few: music, movies, cats, different cultures, good food, political memes, being the most sarcastic person in the room. He was generous to his friends and loved ones and could get a laugh out of almost anyone. He had an artistic soul, a witty mind, could play almost any instrument he liked and fix any piece of technology he touched. He co-founded the band The Laughing Storm Dogs, where he played the bass and when it was a real party, the bassoon. His friends and loved ones will miss the twinkle in his eye.


A memorial gathering will be Saturday, March 9, 2024 from 2:00 until 4:00 PM at Woodfin Memorial Chapel in Murfreesboro, TN.


Memorial donations may be made to Shriners Children’s, an organization that helped Lars as a child. He talked about them fondly over the years and was grateful for the help they provided him and many other children. https://www.shrinerschildrens.org

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sophie and sirena, im so sorry to hear of this. i wish id heard sooner, lars was my college video prroduction classmate. we had a project we did together(the frozen tennis ball on a cold night at my place on jackson street), thats where we met. lars was a good friend and great classmate. the local scene has lost a solid founding member. also remember when kevin had a small boat in their front yard. lars and i decided, as a safety check, to fill it up w water. we figured if it cant keep that...

Another fond memory of Lars in the late 80's... We went to a keg party and he wanted to show us how he could do cartwheels. He started out great, built up some speed, started curving and couldn't stop, but the parked motorcycle sure stopped him. The lump that popped out on his forehead was a close match to the new dent in the gas tank...

late 80's (?) Murfreesboro. Send me a memory at [email protected]

That other b&w teen pic is actually from Saudi Arabia , his school pic for the class of '79, not sure what grade he was in though.

Lars in '79, he gave me this pic when I asked about his earlier life, he went to school really close to where I lived at the time, we never met though.

Wow Lars, I'm so sorry gone so early... met him in the mid 80's through an old college buddy Robert Means and had a good friendship with music and hangin' out for years til I moved away. I remember the time he tried to help another student in a recording studio class and accidently erased the guy's master tape... but what a lovable goofball friend he was. Goodbye Lars, I hope you figured out how to make it in eternity... Kevin Barr

Lars was one of the coolest people I have ever met in this life, and he shall be missed by all. Rest in peace, brother.

Met Lars years ago at MTSU when my sister and I were going through our punk rock phase.....he seemed endlessly amused by us and our crazy outfits forming a bond of misfits meets musicians meets individuality. Thanks for the music, odd nicknames and laughs.

Lars was a fixture in my life for 40 years. Smart, funny, unconventional ... we both relished making and listening to weird music. We were neighbors in our Murfreesboro college days and continued to collaborate and stay in touch over the ensuing decades. Goodnight Lars. As the old saying goes, they broke the mold ....

Lars and I shared a few classes together at MTSU. I was away from home for the first time in my life in 1986 and was sleeping on a couch and studying at the coffee table in an apartment about 5 blocks from where Lars was hoping to open a studio and record. A business transaction over a piece of equipment (compressor I believe) helped our friendship grow as our paths started to cross in the classroom, studios and surrounding neighborhood taverns. At one point, his band and mine shared a...