Mr. Britt Hall

HALL, Mr. Britt - Age 88, passed away Friday, May 31, 2013 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 8, 2013 at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, G-5443 N. Saginaw St., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Bishop Neal Roberson officiating. Interment Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, G-9506 N. Dort Hwy. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Mr. Hall will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, and may be viewed from 1-8 p.m. Friday with family present from 4-6 p.m. Mr. Britt Hall Jr. was born January 9, 1925 to Rosalie Kennedy and Britt Hall Sr., in Alexandria, Louisiana. He attended school in Alexandria and moved to Flint in the 1940’s where he became an employee of the Buick Motor Division of General Motors. Mr. Hall was a member of UAW Local 599 where he was one of the organizers of the local Black Caucus along with the late Floyd J. McCree, Edgar B. Holt, Bill Williams and others. Over the years, he was involved in local politics, community volunteerism and was an activist in the civil rights movement. He was one of the participants from Flint in the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. and until his recent death was one of the few remaining local attendees of the historic occasion. In addition to his involvement in politics and civil rights, baseball was one of Mr. Hall’s favorite past-times. His love for the sport lead him to organize a number of baseball teams in the Flint area over the years including the Flint Indians Baseball Team. Moreover, he organized the Independent Baseball League which included teams from Flint, Detroit and Pontiac. In his spare time Mr. Hall became a music enthusiast and historian of jazz and blues music, an avid fisherman, gardner and creative designer of mechanical tools and objects of art. Mr. Hall was the recipient of numerous awards including the following: Recognition for participation in the UAW’s Leadership Training Institute, Appreciation Award from the Flint All Star Baseball Team and in 2008 Mr. Hall received the UAW Pioneer Award from Local 599 in recognition of steadfast courage in tearing down the walls of discrimination in the workplace and in the community. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 47 years, Mrs. Leola (McNeely) “Granny” Hall; son, Michael; daughters, Debra and Cynthia; 12 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 7 great-great-grandchildren; 4 step-daughters, 2 step-granddaughters, 3 step-great-grandsons and 2 step-great-great-grandchildren; good friends, Douglas and Dotti Goza of Detroit, David Gardner and Robert William, both of Flint. Mr. Hall was preceded in death by his son, Louis; parents; grandparents, Gus and Pearlie Kennedy;and sister, Daisy Mobley. The family would like to give special thanks and appreciation to Dr. Samuel Dismond, Dr. Elmahdi Saeed, Dr. Abdullah Hafeez, the ICU staff (4th floor) and 7th floor staff at Hurley Medical Center.

Mr. Britt Hall

January 9, 1925 - May 31, 2013