Andrew Maurice Hall

Andrew Maurice Hall, age 92, of Fayetteville, Ark., died Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, in Fayetteville. Dr. Hall pastored churches in Arkansas, Kentucky and Florida over a period of 74 years, including First Baptist Church in Fayetteville for 17 years. He was born on Nov. 30, 1920, in Little Rock, Ark., the son of Jim and Ruth Hall. Dr. Hall was a sports editor at Little Rock High School and a champion debater at Ouachita Baptist in Arkadelphia, Ark. He served First Baptist Church in Malvern, Ark., 1942-1943. He received a doctorate from Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Ky., in 1949, and pastored Hartford Baptist Church, 1944-1949. He served First Baptist Church, Lake Wales, Fla., 1949-1953; First Baptist Church, Fayetteville, Ark., 1953-1970, where he led the campaign to build the current sanctuary in 1960; and First Baptist Church, Delray Beach, Fla., 1970-1984. He retired to Fayetteville and served interim pastorates at Van Buren, Berryville, Farmington, Prairie Grove, Dutch Mills and Elkins. He also did missionary work in Barbados, Antigua and Grand Cayman. He chaired the Southern Baptist Radio and TV Commission and was on the Foreign Mission Board. He was president of Fayetteville Rotary Club, and was an avid golfer and Razorbacks fan. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Harriet Grant Hall; sister, Charlene Watkins; two brothers, Wes Hall and Leland Hall; brothers-in-law, George Grant and Richard Grant; and sister-in-law, Elizabeth Stanford. He is survived by one daughter, Andrea Hall Savage and her husband, Stan, of Moultrie, Ga.; one son, Grant Hall and his wife, Audley, of Fayetteville, Ark.; two brothers, David Hall and his wife, Polly, of Little Rock, Ark., and Gayrie Hall and his wife, Theresa, of North Little Rock, Ark.; grandchildren, Jason Hall and his wife, Traci, of Springdale, Ark., Joanna Braswell and her husband, Anderson, of Smithfield, Va., Scott Hall of Fayetteville, Ark.; and five great-grandchildren, Andrew, Kathryn and Anna Hall, Claire and Alice Braswell; and special friend, Audrey Gateley of Fayetteville. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in the chapel at First Baptist Church in Fayetteville. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church, Fayetteville. Graveside service will be 4 p.m. Wednesday at Roselawn Memorial Park in Little Rock, under the direction of Moore's Chapel in Fayetteville. Memorials may be made to the Andrew and Harriet Hall Ministerial Scholarship Award, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR 71923; or First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1324, Fayetteville, Ark. To place an online tribute, visit www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.