Durwood Eugene Hall peacefully passed away at his residence in Riverview, Florida, on May 15, 2025, at the age of 87 after a prolonged illness. Approximately four years prior, he and his family relocated from Birmingham, Alabama, to the Tampa Bay Area to be closer to his son, Dr. Jason Durwood Hall.
Graveside Services will be held at 1:00 p.m Saturday, May 24, 2025, at Ward Wilson Memory Hill in Dothan, AL, with Pastor Mike Grimes of Grandview Baptist officiating.
The family will receive friends from 12:00 p.m until the start of the service in the chapel of Ward Wilson Funeral Home.
Durwood is survived by his wife, Patricia Bond Hall of Riverview, FL; son, Dr. Jason Durwood Hall of Tampa, FL; two sisters-in-law Mrs. James (Pauline) Hall of Troy, AL, and Mrs. Donald (Geraldine) Hall of Dothan, AL; and several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Cora Kelly Hall; his brothers, Donald Hall and James Hall; his sister, Corine Gammon; and his nephew, Wayne Hall.
Mr. Hall was born on March 16, 1938, in Houston County, Alabama, to Clarence and Cora Kelly Hall. He completed his high school education in 1957 at Houston County High School in Columbia, AL. Following his graduation from high school, he enlisted in the Air National Guard in Dothan and embarked on a career in the construction sector, specializing in air conditioning and heating. He was employed by Smith’s, Inc. and Metcalf & Shiver in Dothan. Later, he joined the Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union No. 52 in Montgomery, contributing to the construction of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant in Columbia, AL, and the Vogtle Nuclear Plant in Waynesboro, GA. He participated in shutdown operations at various nuclear power facilities across the southeast. After relocating to Birmingham, he spent several years with Industrial Chemicals before concluding his career with Wayne Welsh and his family.
Durwood was a member of Grandview Baptist Church and Selma Baptist Church of Dothan. He accepted Christ and was baptized at Grandview Baptist in 1967. On September 30, 1967, he married Patricia at Grandview Baptist. Durwood was incredibly talented and could do almost any kind of work in construction or mechanics. He remodeled each of our houses except the one in Tampa. He was a very genuine, hard-working, down to Earth, earnest man. He will be greatly missed and is much beloved by his family.
