Merilyn Hall

Merilyn Shimel Hall, 97 of Lookout Mountain, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Thursday, August 16, 2018. Mrs. Hall was born in Carrington, North Dakota on December 12, 1920 to the late Clement Shimel & Dana Shimel Nelson and had lived in the Lookout Mountain area for many years. She graduated from Central High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota and was an accomplished pianist and soloist. She was very active in singing with her church choirs for most of her life and she was a loving and devoted mother and the wife of Ross Hall, her high school sweetheart. She loved the Word of God and started the Seminole Ladies Community Bible Study in Seminole, Florida in the 1970’s, where many hundreds of women learned to study and love the Bible. She and Ross later moved to their beloved mountains of North Carolina where she started another Bible study for women in Sylva, NC. She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Elizabeth Leathers and Marjorie Aldrich and brother, Roland Shimel. Survivors include her children & spouses, Gordie & Carol Hall of Northport, AL, Jean & Jim Howe of Whittier, NC and Stephanie & David Wharton of Lookout Mountain, GA; 9 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren and numerous extended family & friends. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, in the Sanctuary of Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church with Pastor Joe Novenson officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until the time of service in the reception room. A private burial will be held at a later date in the Chattanooga National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers please make contributions to the Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church, Chancel Choir fund at 316 North Bragg Avenue, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350. Online guest book at www.wilsonfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by W. L. Wilson & Sons Funeral Homes, Fort Oglethorpe, GA.