John Wesley Hall Sr., 81, of Dagsboro, died at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., on Sunday, Feb. 5. He was a truck driver, and was Delaware’s oldest licensed trucker when he died.
He attended St. Mathew’s Baptist Church and St. John’s A.M.E., both in Bishopville, Md., The Union Wesley United Methodist Church in Clarksville and the Dickerson Chapel Church in Millsboro. He was a member of the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge Chapter 14 and of the Trucker’s Association of Delaware. He was also a musician, who played the guitar, piano, organ, mouth organ and vocals.
He is survived by his wife, Mary M. McCall Hall; four sons, John W. Hall Jr. of Frankford, Billy Hall of Bridgeville, Michael Hall of Bridgeville and Paris Hall of Dagsboro; three daughters, George Anna Purnell of Frankford, Tyann Collick of Frankford and Tanya Parker of Wilmington; one sister, Anna Hall Fooks of Snow Hill, Md.; special friends, Jackie Hall of Georgetown and Louise Hall of Frankford; 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Cavalry Pentecostal Church in Bishopville at 1 p.m. Friends may call two hours before the service. Interment is scheduled for the Zoar Golden Acres Cemetery in Bishopville.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to the Cavalry Pentecostal Church in Bishopville or the St. Mathew’s Baptist Church in Bishopville.