Wilson Hall

Wilson Hall, 93, of Stuart, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, at his home.The family will receive visitors from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Bishop Funeral Home.Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Pryor Cemetery Chapel with the Rev. Raymond Doke Jr. officiating, assisted by Kelley Benson. Burial will be at Pryor Cemetery in Stuart. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Bishop Funeral Service of McAlester.Born July 1, 1916, in Stuart, he was the son of Robert Lee and Katie Daggs Hall. He graduated from Stuart High School and graduated from Draughn's School of Business in Fort Worth, Texas.He returned to Stuart and married Glafry Elms on Sept. 1, 1939. They moved to Oklahoma City where he worked at the Oklahoma State Capitol for the Oklahoma Tax Commission and was sponsored by Senator Bob Kerr.He returned to Stuart where he farmed and ranched and was a cattle buyer for the McAlester Union Stockyards, of which he was one of the original owners.He then formed a partnership with Alton Luker building residential homes in the Stuart area and he was also active in the real estate, and oil and gas business.He was a member of the Stuart Methodist Church and the Stuart Masonic Lodge. He served as president of the Stuart School Board and was in charge of the Pryor Cemetery of Stuart for numerous years.Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Kay and Koy Floyd, Stephenville, Texas; two sons and daughters-in-law, Woodrow and Delma Hall, of Ada, and John and Linda Hall, Cennteninal, Colo.Also, five grandchildren, Darren Hall, Toya Harris, Jason Hall, Kasi Hall and David Floyd; three great-grandchildren, Brennan Houston, Collier Houston, and Pryce Houston, and a sister-in-law, Armistice Elms Martin, of Tulsa,.He was preceded in death by his parents, R.L. and Katie Hall; his wife, Glafry Hall, on May 24, 2000; three sisters, Mae Bell Prickett, Bertha Ely and Opal Hall, and four brothers, J.D. Bennett, Truman Bennett, Elisha Hall and Joe Hall.Memorials may be made to Pryor Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 164, Stuart, Okla., 74570.