Doris Jean (Ward) Hall, 86, died on January 16, 2024, in Mountain View, Arkansas. Doris was born on April 9, 1937, in Optimus, Arkansas to Inez and Joe Ward. She attended various schools in Stone County and while enrolled at Pleasant Grove met her future husband, Dean Hall. They were married on April 26, 1953, at Mountain View, Arkansas and were blessed with two sons, Rick and Galen. Dean and Doris lived and worked all over the country, eventually settling in Eudora, Kansas. Doris worked at Hallmark in Lawrence and later became a cook at Eurdora High School, to the everlasting gratitude of her two sons who were always blessed with generous portions of food. In 1980 Dean and Doris moved back to Pleasant Grove, Arkansas and raised chickens. Doris loved to cook, garden, and read and most of all spend time with her grandkids. She was well known for her various pies and rolls, of which she baked many to raise funds for numerous school and community projects. Her grandchildren fondly remember the many summers spent at grandma’s house, being spoiled with good food and annual trips to Sylamore Creek, she also took all 5 of them on a train ride by herself; she could often be found in the kitchen cooking up a mess of beans and cornbread, or tending to her big garden in the backyard. She was a faithful Christian woman who loved the Lord and her family.
She is preceded in death by her husband of almost 70 years, Dean Hall; her parents, Joe and Inez Ward; her siblings, Glen Ward and wife Linda, Paul Ward, Peggy Roper, and husband Bobby.
She is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, Rick and Nicole Hall of Marysville, Kansas and Galen and Crystal Hall of Guion, Arkansas; five grandchildren, Christopher Hall of Minneapolis, MN, Benjamin Hall of Cut Bank, MT, Aaron Hall (& Jessica Meece) of Benton, AR, Jessical Salmon (& Riley) of Glendale, AZ and Matthew Hall (& Katie) of Guion, AR; one great-grandson, Van Salmon, and a host of family, friends, and neighbors.
Funeral services will be held at Roller Crouch Chapel, Highway9 and Peabody on Friday, January 26, 2024, at 1:00 PM with Rick Hall giving the eulogy and Dennis Hall delivering the opening prayer. Burial will take place at Kelley and Ford Cemetery in St. James, Arkansas under the direction of Roller Crouch Funeral Home in Mountain View, Arkansas.
Pallbearers are Terry Ward, Shawn Thompkins, Ward Roper, Don Allen Roper, Bryan King, and Jason Treat.
