TITLE: Thomas Gaston Hall

SOURCE:  Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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HALL, Dr. Thomas Gaston 
(1893-1973) Keowee Courier 1973, Dr. Thomas Gaston Hall, 79, of 200 
Walhalla Road, Westminster, died Thursday night at Oconee Memorial 
Hospital. He was a native of Westminster, a son of the late Thomas 
Newton and Anna Gaston Hall. He was a member of the Westminster 
Presbyterian Church, where he was Clerk of Session for 41 years, and 
ruling Elder for 46 years. He was a graduate of Presbyterian College 
and the Medical College of Charleston. He was a practicing physician 
in Westminster for 50 years. He was past president of the Oconee 
Medical Society and a member of the South Carolina Medical Society. 
He was a past member of the South Carolina State Board of Health and 
the American Red Cross. He was also area surgeon for the Southern 
Railway. He served as Commissioner to the General Assembly in 1943, 
and served as councilman and commissioner of public works in 
Westminster for a number of years. He was a member of the Westminster 
Masonic Lodge and the Westminster Rotary Club. He was named 
Westminster Citizen of the Year in 1959. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. 
Sally Jones Hall of the home; a son, Dr. Robert G. Hall of Red Springs,
N. C.; a daughter, Mrs. Richard G. West of Holden, Mass.; three 
sisters, Misses Marie, Bess and Ann Hall, all of Westminster; six 
grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p. m. Sunday at 
the Westminster Presbyterian Church, by the Revs. Robert Horel and 
C. L. Letson. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers wer 
Hubert Adams, Sam Dillard, Tom Ramsey, C. W. Mabery, M. D. Watkins, 
Raymond Williams, Henry Miller and Earl Holcombe. Honorary escort was 
the members of the Session of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Oconee 
Medical Society, also W. V. Brockman and C. D. Giles. Contributed by: 
Susan Brock-Booker, sbrockbooker@aol.com

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