Papa was born in Fresno, California on 10 September 1915 and passed away in Fort Worth, Texas on 29 August 2007 at the age of 91. He was much loved and his life and legacy are celebrated by his family and the many others whose lives he touched. He is survived by a son, Kenneth G. Hall of Vicksburg, Mississippi and his wife, Cathey; and three daughters: Carol Marshall of Kuwait City, Kuwait; Taffy Jeffers of Longview, Texas and her husband, Steve; Susan Everts of Fort Worth, Texas and her husband, Frank; and seventeen grandchildren and twenty-six great-grandchildren. Upon graduation from Fresno High School in 1932, Chester was employed by R.G. LeTourneau Inc. as blueprint boy, draftsman engineer, design engineer, and later, chief design engineer, designing revolutionary electrical powered earth moving equipment and offshore drilling rigs for LeTourneau in Stockton, California; Peoria, Illinois; Toccoa, Georgia and Longview, Texas. In 1976 he moved to Corpus Christi, Texas where he was employed by I.H.C. Holland and Baker Marine developing offshore jack-up rigs. He traveled extensively in the Netherlands (for I.H.C. Holland) and Singapore (with Baker Marine). He retired in March 1995 and moved to Vicksburg, Mississipi to live with his son. In December 2004, he moved to an Alzheimer’s care facility in Fort Worth, Texas. A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Longview Texas at 3 p.m. on Saturday 8 September. All who knew and loved Papa Hall are cordially invited to attend. The church is located at 301 N. Center Street, the church web site is http://www.fpclongview.org, and the phone number is 903-757-2525. (http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&gid1=18789560&q1=301%20N.%20Center%20St.,%20Longview%20TX&trf=0&lon=-94.739807&lat=32.496642&mag=3) Following the memorial service, Lynn and Wayne Hickey have kindly offered to host a reception at their home, 1001 Orchard St., Longview; their phone number is 903-236-6216. (http://maps.yahoo.com/broadband/#mvt=m&q1=1001%20Orchard%20St.%20Longview,%20TX&trf=0&lon=-94.727962&lat=32.530261&mag=3) A block of rooms has been reserved at a special rate of $76 and change at the Comfort Suites located at 3307 N 4th St, Longview, 903-663-4991. (http://www.choicehotels.com/ires/en-us/html/HotelInfo?hotel=TX703&promo=gglocal). Directions from hotel to church to reception to hotel are at the link shown below--sorry, but this web site won't permit active hyperlinks, so you'll have to cut and paste the following text into your web browser to use the map and directions: (http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&q4=3307%20N%204TH%20ST,%20Longview,%20TX,%2075605&q3=1001%20ORCHARD%20ST,%20Longview,%20TX,%2075605&gid2=18789560&q2=301%20N.%20Center%20St.,%20Longview%20TX&gid1=18782818&q1=3307%20N.%204th%20St.,%20Longview%20TX&trf=0&lon=-94.735193&lat=32.519098&mag=5) Here are the directions in plain text: Directions from Comfort Suites at 3307 N. 4th St in Longview to First Presbyterian Church, 301 N. Center St.: Start on 4th St. going toward Tomlinson Pkwy (Tx 281 Loop E) Turn Right on Tomlinson Pkwy. Turn left on Judson Rd. (TX 502 Spur) (Becomes High Street) Turn Left on Hoover St. W. Turn Right on N. Center St. Directions from First Presbyterian Church to reception at home of Lynn and Wayne Hickey, 1001 Orchard St., Longview: Start on N. Center St. going toward Hoover St. W. Turn Right on E. Marshall Ave (US-80) Turn Left on N. 4th St. Turn Right on Orchard St. Directions from reception to Comfort Suites Hotel: Start on Orchard St. going toward Hollybrook Dr. Turn Left on Hollybrook Dr. Turn Right on N. 4th St. Additional details will be posted here as soon as they are available; in the meantime, family and friends of Papa Hall are invited to use the following links to contribute their memories to this web site, and to visit and view the contributions made to date by others.