Obituary of Jeter Charles Hall

"Dr. Jeter Charles Hall Jr., 82, died Thursday. Jan 28th at Newton-Wellesley Hospital following a long bout with Alzheimer's Disease. His wife, Laura Lee (Simmons) Hall predeceased him on September 5, 2004. He was born in Bryson City, NC to Jeter C. Hall Sr. and Gladys Pauline (Cooper) Hall. After high school he joined the merchant marines. Following that he enlisted in the Army and spent more than a year in Occupied Korea. He then went to the University of Tennessee, and upon graduating from their college of medicine, he did his internship at John Gaston Hospital in Memphis, TN He moved to Holyoke, Ma, opened an office for internal medicine, and began a practice that he loved for 35 years. He belonged to The Rotary Club, the 39ers, and his biggest passion, aside from medicine, was fishing. He was a volunteer physician for the Golden Gloves Boxing Club of Holyoke. He was involved in fund-raising for the YMCA of Holyoke and was on the Holyoke Scholarship Fund Awards Commitee. Although his name was Jeter and not Peter as some have confused it with, he was a passionate Red Sox fan through and through. He was predeceased by a son, Gregory Simmons Hall in 1979 and a sister, Peggy Maxine Hall in 1924. He is survived by three sons, Jeter C. Hall III and Jonathan Cooper Hall, both of Chicopee, and Gary Mitchell Hall of South Hadley, a daughter Jennifer Lee Graffman of Needham; a brother Nathan Cooper Hall of Bristol, TN; six grandchildren, Jeter C Hall IV, Rachel Hall, LauraLee Graffman, Jessica Hall, Elijah Hall, and Sarah Hall. A memorial will be held on February 13th (Saturday) at Beers & Story Funeral Home in South Hadley. Visiting hours are from 12 pm to 2 pm. A service will be held from 2 pm to 3 pm. There are no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, or American Cancer Society in lieu of flowers. "