Mr. John D. Hall Sr.

April 28, 1937 - February 9, 2016

Big Stone Gap, VA John D. Hall, Sr., 78, passed away on Tuesday (Feb. 9, 2016) at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. He lived most of his life in Big Stone Gap. He served in the U. S. Army, during peacetime. He was a retired coal miner with the Westmoreland Coal Company with 30 years of service. He had currently been employed with M.E.O.C. He was a member of the Appalachia (VA) Pentecostal Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joe P. and Sarah J. (Fritz) Hall; brothers, James Hall, Billy Joe Hall, Frank Hall, Hix Hall and Teddy Hall; and sisters, Margie Brown, Allinia Meador, Hazel Roberts, Francis Freeborn and Claudette Rollins. Surviving are his wife of 46 years, Charletta Hall; sons, John Hall, Jr. and wife, Missy, Kenneth Cooper and wife, Melody, Lee Collier and wife, Tammy, and Danny Hall; daughter, Debbie Chandler, all of Big Stone Gap; grandchildren, Billy Chandler, Jordan Pease, Zack Cooper, David Collier, Cody Hall and Debra Hall; great grandchildren, Abigail Chandler, Bailee Mullins and Bryson Mullins; sisters, Nancy Hall, Linda Stidham, both of Big Stone Gap and Faye Bush of Appalachia, Va.; and several nieces and nephews, including a special niece, Marilyn Young of Big Stone Gap. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday at the Appalachia Pentecostal Church in Appalachia, Va. The funeral service will be conducted at 7 p.m. on Friday with Dr. Roy Smith officiating. Military graveside rites, by the John Fox, Jr., V.F.W. Post #5715 and the Virginia National Guard Honors team, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at Glencoe Cemetery in Big Stone Gap. Family and friends will meet by 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church to go in procession to the cemetery. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. To view the obituary online and offer condolences, please visit www.holdingfuneral.com. Holding Funeral Home is honored to serve the Hall family.