NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Dr. Hall was not only a very good doctor, he was a caring man. I remember him with the greatest respect. My son Mike had rheumatic fever when he was in the fourth grade and was in the hospital at Christmas time. Dr. Hall came in that morning with a beautiful little Christmas tree and a little red truck, a color book and a story book and a sock filled with goodies.
Another time my daughter Reta had her tonsils out (the day before her birthday). He came in with a little doll and a story book.
I had three children. For the third one, Danny, he left a waiting room full of patients to take out his appendix.
Our family loved and respected Dr. Hall. Not only as our doctor, but he was a friend to all his patients, a caring, thoughtful, loving man. All you who knew him know he was a good Christian man. Our prayers are with his family.
Polly Ennis Barrett
Dr. Billy Hall has provided medical care to my entire family from minor illnesses to serious illnesses. He cared for myGrandmother Kelley in the early ‘50s when he first started his practice. He was the doctor to me, my brother and sister through our childhood years. Dr. Hall saved my dad’s life as he attended to him during his first heart attack and took care of him until the time of my dad’s passing in 2003. He cared for my mother as she battled cancer in the late ‘70s. Dr. Hall provided medical care for my entire family.
I remember the morning my father passed. Not ever having to deal with this situation before, I called Dr. Hall. He came to the house. Even though there was nothing Dr. Hall could do, it was comforting having him there and telling us that our father was gone.
The man that had been our doctor all of our life came when I needed him. He was always there for us and we will always be grateful.
Bob Kelley
Ozarks Community Hospital providers and staff would like to extend our deepest condolences to the Hall family. Dr. Billy V. Hall’s impact on healthcare in the Gravette community is unmatched, and we are grateful for his vision and drive to bring quality and compassionate care to our hometown. Dr. Hall was a teacher, a friend and an inspiration; we will forever remember him with respect and admiration.
Morgan Black Communications Director, Ozarks Community Hospital
During the month of June, 2,202 meals were served to the elderly in the Gravette, Hiwasse, Sulphur Springs, Maysville and Decatur area. This service will continue through the Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center and we will always be thankful and appreciate the generosity of Dr. Billy V. Hall for the donation of the land and the beginning of the Billy V. Hall Senior Apartment Complex and Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center. His memory will live on.
Mary Kay Kelley, Director Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center Office of Human Concern Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Arkansas
My husband Carl worked for Dr. Hall in 1968 on the Dow farm west of Gravette. He provided a washer and dryer for us because I was washing diapers for two little boys. He made many trips to the farm to doctor my babies and me and never charged us. When my mother died, he came out of the emergency room and hugged my sister and I and comforted us both. He will be greatly missed by many in the community and the four-state area.
Carl and Ruthie Farriester
When I heard that Dr. Hall had passed away, I thought about his legacy that he leaves behind. As the paper stated, “Gravette Icon Dies” was an appropriate statement. I couldn’t think of any other way to describe him. However, I will try to do my best.
My name is Linda Edgmon Sanders and I have the distinction of beingthe first baby that Dr. Hall delivered after he came to Gravette. That was on January 1, 1952. I believe he had been here just about six months. When I figured out his age in conjunction to mine, I thought, “Wow, he was a very young doctor.”
Dr. Hall may have been young when he came to town but he touched the lives and hearts of many people shortly after coming here and for many years to come. Dr. Hall had a way about him, maybe a sixth sense, that he could tell what was wrong with a person just looking at them. I remember Dr. Hall never seemed to walk anywhere. He moved so fast he seemed to run everywhere, but he never failed to say, “Hello.”
Dr. Hall gave my mom a job at the old hospitaland she continued to work at the new one for many years. He was very kind to Mom and took good care of her when she was unable to work because of health problems.
Yes, Dr. Hall is an icon, but a very humble one. Iam honored to have known him and been a patient of his. To the family, you are in my prayers and thank you for sharing your dad with the many hundreds of patients he cared for.
Linda Edgmon Sanders
Opinion, Pages 5 on 07/18/2012