[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 130 (Friday, September 27, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1390]
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                      HONORING HUGH OLIN HALL, JR.

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                       HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 27, 2013

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
honor the life of Hugh Olin Hall, Jr. who passed away on September 24, 
2013 at the age of 93. Mr. Hall, Jr. is a brother of my dear colleague, 
Congressman Ralph Hall.
  Mr. Hall, Jr. was the youngest person to graduate from Rockwall High 
School at the age of 15. He attended the University of Texas at Austin 
and North Texas State University in Denton.
  Hugh Olin hall, Jr. was born on January 29, 1920, in Fate, Texas. 
Hugh honorably served in the in the Field Artillery Unit of the United 
States Army during WWII and served in the Field Artillery Unit in 
Germany. After his military service, he worked on the pipelines with 
his father for the Oklahoma Contracting Company. He was employed with 
Lone Star Gas, where he worked until his retirement in 1989.
  He was a member of the Rockwall Masonic Lodge and member of First 
United Methodist Church of Rockwall. He was an avid reader and a 
historian of WWII, later having the opportunity to travel back to 
Europe and Germany to visit the areas where he had served.
  He is survived by his loving wife Doris Jane Hall; brother Ralph M. 
Hall; sister Rosemary Hall Scott; grandchildren Christopher Andrew 
Jeanes, Hugh Olin Hall IV and Christopher Leigh Hall; four nephews: 
Ralph Hampton Hall and wife Jody, Brett Allen Hall and wife Karen, Jay 
Blakeley Hall & wife Catherine and Dr. Victor Mark Scott & wife Vickie; 
grandnephews Jay Hampton Hall and wife Katherine, Steven Lule and wife 
Leeanna and Alexander Cole Scott; and grandnieces Haley Nicole Scott, 
Sarah Elizabeth Hall, Amanda Ellen Hall and Crystal Tucker Hall. Hugh 
was preceded in death by his son Hugh Olin Hall, III; daughter Rebecca 
Ann Hall Jeanes; and sister-in-law Mary Ellen Hall.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in paying tribute to 
Hugh Olin Hall, Jr. I urge my colleagues to please join me in conveying 
my condolences for their loss.

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