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Nellie Lola Hall, 92, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2018 in Denton, TX. Visitation will be held 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Saturday, September 29, 2018 at Slay Memorial Center in Aubrey, TX. A graveside service will be held on Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 3:00 PM at Tioga Cemetery and a celebration memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, October 6th at Third Church of Christ, Scientist, 4419 Oak Lawn Avenue in Dallas, Texas. Nellie was born on April 19, 1926 to Nellie and Cebron Jones of Chamblee, Georgia. After marrying her children’s father in 1942, she spent 26 years as a stay-at-home mother in Georgia. She moved to Texas in 1968 and began a career in the transportation and shipping field with ITOFCA, first as a receptionist and ultimately becoming office manager by the time of her retirement. It was after she retired and her daughter married and moved to Tioga, that Nellie too moved to Tioga and built her dream house with a swimming pool. Before long she was introduced to Eugene Berend of Pilot Point, Texas on a blind date and a romance blossomed. They married on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1988, and celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary this year. Nellie is survived by her beloved husband Eugene Berend, son, Danny Jones Moody and his wife Janie, of Denison, TX. Her daughter, Lola Annette Bridges and husband, John of Tioga, TX, 5 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great grandchildren. Nellie was preceded in death by her parents, Nellie Jones and Cebron Jones, two brothers James Jones and Don Jones, sons James Ray Moody and Walter Gary Moody, grandson Jay Moody, and granddaughter Jenni Mott. Interment will be at Tioga Cemetery in Tioga, TX where she and her firstborn son share a marker. Online condolences may be shared at www.slaymemorialfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, you are invited to contribute to The Art of Aging Foundation Go Fund Me Page inspired by Nellie’s passion for painting that began at age 89, https://www.gofundme.com/the-art-of-aging-foundation. Arrangements are under the direction of Terri Slay and Slay Memorial Funeral Center. To send a flower arrangement to the family of Nellie Lola Hall, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.

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Nellie Lola Hall

April 19, 1926 - September 27, 2018