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Cobb HallBRIDGEPORT John Cobb Hall, 75, died Thursday, June 20, 2013, at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga.Cobb was the son of the late John Allison and Lois Vivian Lovelady Hall born Sept. 14, 1937 in Bridgeport. Mr. Hall was a Bridgeport High School Graduate Class of 1955 and he attended Auburn University for three years. Cobb served in the National Guard. He was a member, Sunday school teacher and Deacon of First Baptist Church in Bridgeport. He enjoyed gardening and beekeeping. Mr. Hall was owner and operator of Hammer's Department Store in South Pittsburg, Tenn., for 49 years.Besides his parents, Cobb was preceded in death by his sister, Dottie Blake.Survivors include his wife of 51 years Emily Lou Hammer Hall; children, Karen L. (Gary) Kannenberg, of St. Louis, Mo., John C. (Lee Anne) Hall Jr., of Wilsonville, Ala., Michael A. Hall, of Bridgeport, Ala.; grandchildren, Somer Hall, Alexa Kannenberg, Holly Hall, and Ashlee Hall; siblings, Betty Smith, Jean Jolley, Jewel Barham, Billy Hall and Susie Smith.Visitation will be 7-9 p.m. CDT Sunday at Rudder Funeral Home in Bridgeport, Ala.The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. CDTMonday, June 24, at the funeral home chapel officiated by Brother Houston Thomas and Brothr Todd Lint.Interment will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. www.rudderfuneralhomes.com.