Lois Hall Southard

Our mother, Mrs. Lois Lorene Hall Southard, 83, of Elkin, loving wife to Mr. S.M. Southard, Jr. for more than 60 years passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home after a long term illness as her loving family gathered by her bedside. Mother was born on December 4, 1925 in Stokes County to the late Powell Henry and Ruby Bennett Hall. She was retired from Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital and a devoted member of Mulberry Primitive Baptist Church. Mother was preceded in death by a son Ronnie Lee Southard and survived by her devoted husband S.M. Southard, Jr. of their home; a son Tommy Hall Southard and wife Selena Southern of Elkin. She was the proud grandmother of three grandchildren Veronica Lee Southard Sales and husband Chance Sales and Travis Ellis Southard all of Elkin and Sarah Smoot; two great-grandchildren, Kimberlee Southard of Elkin and Brandon Dewitt-Thomas Smoot of State Road. Mother was the oldest of twelve children. Those who preceded her in death were Brothers W.R. "Bill" Hall, husband of Barbara Hall of Elkin; Lonnie Dean Hall, and wife Brenda, also brothers Richard and Jackie. Surviving are brothers John R. Hall and wife Fran, Gray Hall and wife Senia, Wallace Hall and wife Sonia all of Elkin; sisters, Helen White and husband C.L., Shirley and husband Rudy, Carolyn Williams all of Elkin and sister Susie Hayes and husband O.D. of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee; numerous nieces and nephews; great nieces and nephews and great grand nieces and nephews; special friends, Carol and Buster Southard of Elkin and Rudy and Shirley Southard; a son Tommy Hall Southard and wife Selena Southern of Elkin. Those who preceded her in death were Brothers W.R. "Bill" Hall, husband of Barbara Hall of Elkin; Lonnie Dean Hall, and wife Brenda, also brothers Richard and Jackie; numerous nieces and nephews,great nieces and nephews and great-grand nieces and nephews Her funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Wednesday September 23, 2009 in the chapel of Moody-Davis Funeral Home by Elder Alvin Hill, Bro. Blain Oakley, Bro. Donald Ballard and Dr. Carl Childs with burial to follow in the Mulberry Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care 401 Technology Lane, Suite 200, Mount Airy, NC 27030 or to the Mulberry Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o S. M. Southard 228 Mulberry Church Road Elkin, NC 28621. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 pm on Tuesday at Moody-Davis Funeral Home. The family would to express their heartfelt appreciation to Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care, especially Tonya, Molly, Shannon and Stephanie for their compassionate love and care during this difficult time.
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