L. Hall Jones Jr. ’53

Memphis lost a real estate and financial pacesetter, charitable leader, and folk-song writer and performer upon the death of Hall. Bill Puchner, his Tower clubmate, said that he heard from Hall’s wife, Pamela, that Hall had fallen and was recovering, but he later suffered a stroke and died Dec. 1, 2014.

He came from Memphis Central High School and roomed with Gil Babcock, Fred Catteral, Roger Decker, Peter Frorer, Jeff Gowen, and Bill Ruddick. He sang in the Hillbilly Quartet and acted with Triangle Club. As a first lieutenant in the 11th Airborne Division, he parachuted 64 times.

Hall was head of his real-estate-development-management company. He served as president of Memphis’ Bankers Association, the Memphis chapter of the American Cancer Society, the 100 Club of Memphis, and the Kidney Foundation of Western Tennessee.

Survivors include his lovely wife, Pamela; sons Hall III and Shaw; daughters Megan and Patricia; and six grandchildren. His family wrote that he was preceded by his beloved bulldog, Blue, and was extremely fond of an American folk song about a bulldog with the same name who died and went to heaven but left her owner behind. Now, Hall has joined Blue up above.