Obituary for Gwendolyn “Hope” Hall

Gwendolyn "Hope" Hall

(February 2, 1921 – February 23, 2016)

Gwendolyn "Hope" Hall, 95, passed away February 23, 2016, at Via Christi Village, Ponca City, OK.

Hope was born February 2, 1921, in Princeton, Collin County, Texas, the daughter of E. L. (Dock) and Myra Chafin Gray. The family moved to Sherman, Texas, in 1924. Hope graduated from Sherman High School in 1938 and married the love of her life, Harmon Hall, in 1939.

Throughout the years, Hope worked in several different businesses, retiring in 1984 from BankTexas in Sherman. Hope was a member of North Park Baptist Church for 71 years. She enjoyed working in many activities of the church including teaching Primary Sunday School for many years. She was a member of Gleaners Sunday School Class and Golden Agers. Hope also loved to read, do crosswork puzzles, and work on crafts. Her family and many of her friends have enjoyed her creative work. Hope was a very good cook. Her grandchildren say her chocolate chip cookies were "the best". They could always count on "Memaw" having cookies baked for them when they came to visit. In 2008, Hope move to Ponca City, OK, to be near her family.

Hope is survived by her daughter Beverly and husband Cliff Poet of Ponca City, OK, and her son David and wife Pat Hall of Owasso, OK; Two grandsons, Craig and wife Becky Poet of Ponca City, OK, and Marc and wife Ann Hall of Southeast Asia, and granddaughter Shelly and husband Rob Pringle of Owasso, OK. Eight great grandchildren include Charlie and Harrison Poet of Ponca City, OK; Eli, Callie, Brooke, and Malachi Hall of Southeast Asia; and Anna and Liam Pringle of Owasso, OK; a beloved niece June and husband David Reynolds, and four wonderful nephews, Jerry and wife Anita Blankenship, Mark and wife Judy Blankenship, Ron and wife Doris Gray, and Mike and wife Patti Gray.

Preceding her in death were her husband Harmon in 1980, their infact daughter Sandra in 1943, her parents E. L. and Myra Gray, brother Wallace Gray, sister Dorothy Blankenship, and nephew David Lawrence Gray.

Services were held at Waldo Funeral Home chapel in Sherman on Saturday, February 27 with burial in West Hill Cemetery.

During the past eight years while living in Ponca City, Hope attended First Christian Church with Beverly and Cliff as long as her health allowed. When she became homebound, she enjoyed the TV ministry provided by the First United Methodist Church where her grandson Craig and his family attend. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Friendship Feast, First Christian Church, Ponca City, OK, or to the TV Ministry at First United Methodist Church, Ponca City, OK.

Source: Trout Funeral Home