Mr. Columbus Terry Hall, 93, of Carthage, Missouri died Friday, July 11, 2008 at St. Luke's Nursing Home in Carthage, Missouri. Columbus was born in Blue Jacket, Oklahoma on November 24, 1914. He married Margie Fain on August 13, 1934 in Butterfield, Missouri with the Rev. Smith King officiating. Columbus farmed for over 30 years near Avilla, Missouri. He retired from farming in 1964 and moved his family to Glendora, California, where he worked as a gardener for the Covina School District. After one year they moved back to Missouri where they bought a farm east of Avilla. Besides farming, Columbus also worked as a custodian and bus driver for the Avilla School District for seven years. He then decided to become a painter and did so until his retirement in 1980. After retirement, Columbus and Margie lived in Purdy, Missouri for three years before moving to Sarcoxie, Missouri in 1983. In 1999 they moved to Carthage, Missouri. Columbus was a member of the Avilla Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Margie Hall; a daughter, Betty Weaver of Carthage, Missouri; two sons, Terry Hall of Joplin, Missouri and Homer Hall and wife, Lea Ann of Hendersonville, Tennessee; five grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; and a sister, Eleanor Winters of Wichita, Kansas. Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 14, 2008 in the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home Chapel in Sarcoxie, Missouri. Burial will follow in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Butterfield, Missouri. Visitation is 2-3:00 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorials are being directed to the Avilla Methodist Church. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.