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October 20, 2012

Cecil Hall

Commonwealth Journal

Somerset —  

Ms. Cecil Hall, 86, of Somerset departed this life on Friday, October 19, 2012 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.
She was born March 1, 1926 in Mc Roberts, Ky., to the late Charles Sergent and Jennie Ellen Meade Yonts. Ms. Hall was a homemaker and a member of the Southside Church of Christ. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting, gardening, sewing, cooking and her family.
Ms. Hall is survived by two sons, Glendal (and Renina) Hall of Virgie, Ky., and Lester (and Diane) Hall of Bronston, Ky.; four daughters, Judy (and Fred) Reynolds of Ocala, Fla., Sharon Yonts of Somerset, Brenda (and Lynn) Roback of Somerset, and Janet (and Thomas) Bradshaw of Science Hill, Ky.; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.
Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by a son, Donnie Hall; a daughter, Carolyn Newsome; and a brother, Burnin White.
Visitation for Ms. Hall will be Monday, October 22 at 5 p.m. at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, 1046 West Highway 80, Somerset.
Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, October 23 at 10 a.m. at chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Bro. Burnin Junior White officiating.
Burial will be in the Johnson Family Cemetery in Virgie, Ky.
The family requests expressions of sympathy be made to the Bethany House, P.O. Box 864, Somerset, Ky. 42502.
Lake Cumberland Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements for Ms. Cecil Hall.
 

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