Obituary of Vera Brown Hall

WEST COLUMBIA: Funeral service for Vera Mae Brown Hall, 84, will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, February 28, 2013, at St. Mark United Methodist Church, officiated by Reverend W. Robert Borom and Reverend Diana Westerkam. Interment will follow in Southland Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 2 until 3 p.m. prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St. Mark United Methodist Church, 3200 Lyles St., Columbia, SC 29201. Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia is assisting the family. Mrs. Hall passed away Monday, February 25, 2013. Born in Columbia, SC, she was a daughter of the late Otto Brown and Fannie Mae Hutchison Brown. She was retired after 38 years of service from Southern Bell. Mrs. Hall was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church; served as chair on the Administrative Board and founder of "Room 32" at Cayce United Methodist Church and was leader of the AID'S Care Team at Washington Street United Methodist Church. Mrs. Hall was a board member of the Oliver Gospel Mission and founder of the Greater Columbia Literacy Council. Survivors include: sons, Randy Hall (Kathy) of Greenville and Jeffrey Wayne Hall of West Columbia; sisters, Barbara Almers of Athens, GA; and Freddie Vaughn of Springdale; two grandchildren, Patrick Raschiotto Hall, M.D. and Alex Raschiotto Hall. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Clifton Hall and sister, Carolyn Rhodes.