Harry Hall Scholarship Endowment
The Harry L. Hall Scholarships are awarded annually to Roswell United Methodist Church members who are currently seniors in high school and will be enrolling in a college or university for the upcoming fall semester. The scholarships are made payable to the school that the recipient will be attending to cover the recipient’s tuition or other applicable expenses. Each year, the RUMCF Directors award up to $1,000 to as many individual students as possible that come from the prior year’s Harry L. Hall Endowment’s investment earnings.
Annual Deadline: February 5th
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant must have been an active member of Roswell United Methodist Church for a period of at least one year prior to submission of the scholarship application.
The applicant must be pursuing post-secondary education at a college or university during the fall following their application submission.
Application must include all information requested on the application form and all needed information must be received by the application deadline.
The application and all supporting documentation must be received by the RUMCF Executive Director by no later than February 1st of the year of nomination.
All scholarships will be awarded by the Board of Directors of the RUMCF, which is made up entirely of RUMC members. Leadership, academics, community service, church involvement, and high school extracurricular activities will be closely reviewed.
Applicants receiving a scholarship award and all applicants not receiving a scholarship award will be notified by the end of February.
Payment of the scholarship award will be made directly to the college or university the student at least 30-days prior to tuition deadline. It will be the responsibility of scholarship winners to inform the RUMCF’s Executive Director of their final school choice so that a check can be sent to the appropriate institution. If no confirmation is received by November 1st, then the scholarship is forfeited.
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Meet Harry Lamar Hall
“One of his greatest gifts was teaching the kids the importance of an education. He helped put all of his grandchildren through college…a true blessing. I am happy to report that all of them have put their degrees to good use and have embraced a strong work ethic just like him.”
— Nancy Wells, Harry’s daughter
Harry was born on July 12, 1926 and passed at the age of 81, May 2008.
Continue reading on the life of Harry Hall.
Harry and his brother, Buddy, were raised primarily by a single mother; their parents divorced when the boys were young. Harry’s mother, Kate, worked in the supply room at Grady Memorial Hospital for many years. At one point, the family had to rely on public assistance to cover the cost of basic needs. Harry graduated from West Fulton High School on Bankhead Highway in Atlanta in 1943. After high school, Harry entered the Air Force where he served the country during the last years of WWII as an Aerial Engineer. While stationed in Guam, on January 10, 1946, Harry was baptized by a United States Army Chaplain, William R. Lawrence. On the day of his baptism, he was given the “Outline of Old Testament History” written by Chaplain Lawrence. Harry kept these 6-page documents all of these years which signifies their importance to him.
Three of Harry's grandsons at their high school graduation celebration: (left to right) Grayson Wells , Cory King, and Austin Wells. He helped pay for the laptops they are holding.
On February 16, 1951, Harry married Evelyn Mae Landers. Evelyn, his devoted wife of forty-eight years, and most wonderful mother of 4 children, preceded him in death in February 1999 after a three-year struggle with multiple myeloma.
In August 2003, Harry married Yvonne Gemmill, a widow from Edgerton, Minnesota, and they remained happily married until the day of his death.
This big family picture was taken in November 1998 and includes eight of his ten grandchildren.
Harry’s career began as a Georgia Tech Research Station analyzing ores of beryllium in connection with the investigation into the use of nuclear energy for the propulsion of aircraft. He later was employed by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration as an analytical chemist, General Services Administration where he analyzed many of the products purchased by the U. S. Government and then spent 32 years with Coca-Cola as a trade goods analysis and formula Principal Investigator He retired from Coke in 1990.
After discharge from the Air Force, he enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology in January 1947, graduating in December 1950 with a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry.
Harry attended West Fulton High School graduating in 1943 and enlisting in the Air Force shortly thereafter. He took basic training at Keesler Field, Mississippi followed by B-29 mechanics school at Boeing Field in Seattle. He served in the Pacific Theater in the 20th Air Force as an aerial engineer. He was stationed on Guam flying frequently to Tinian and Saipan in the Mariana Islands. Other flights were to Iwo Jima and Japan. He was responsible for the mechanical functioning of the aircraft. He supervised the ground crew and flew with the C-46 and B-17 aircrafts. He was baptized in January 1946 in the Pacific Ocean at Tumon Bay, Guam.
After retirement, he lived in Roswell with Evelyn. He was an active member of the Roswell United Methodist Church participating in Sunday School, Traveler’s Club, the Senior Adult Council, and the PrimeTime Singers. Harry’s hobbies and interests included genealogy, square dancing, hiking, walking, and bicycling. He completed two bicycle rides across Georgia and biked on trails in South Dakota, Virginia, Florida, and the Caribbean.
He was big on doing-it-yourself. If he didn’t know how to do something, he’d learn. When he was young, Harry added a basement to the family house by digging out a space, making walls and a floor out of concrete using forms he made himself. Later in life, he even built a small garden house on the property.
Harry was interested in living healthy, and he was totally committed to doing the right things. He did, however, love of sweets. He loved to have a chocolate bar each afternoon with a Caffeine Diet Coke.
Harry walked at Roswell Area Park almost every day! He loved riding his bicycle and exploring the outdoors!