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Note: (Research):Kills Self Retired Fruit Man, Worried by Health, Ends Life With Gun Warren F. Hall, 62, a retired citrus grower of Hillsborough county, shot and killed himself at 6:30 o'clock yesterday evening in the rear of his home at 910 Horatio street. A single .22 calibre rifle bullet pierced his brain. He died enroute to the hospital. Members of his family, who had just sat down for dinner, rushed out doors to find him lying face down, the small rifle gripped in his hand. The said Mr. Hall had been despondent over ill health. When dinner was called Mr. Hall is said to have walked quietly out the front door and to the rear yard. A few minutes later the shot was heard. A neighbor, the first to reach Mr. Hall, said he looked out the window of his home just as Mr. Hall crumpled to the ground. Mr. Hall came to Tampa from Riverview four years ago, retiring after 40 years in the citrus business. Mr. Hall is survived by his widow, two sons, Herbert and Summer, and three daughters, Mrs. H. G. Messer, Mrs. S. A. Sutherland and Mrs. T. T. Newton, all of Tampa. Source: Tampa Tribune (microfilm), date: April 28 1928, p. 6.
Deaths and Funerals Warren F. Hall Funeral services for Warren F. Hall who died Friday will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the First Methodist church. Dr. H. F. Tolle, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Active pallbearers will be J. M. Burnett, J. D. Wentworth, Laurie Gates, W. C. Crenshaw, Ed Bishop and J. R. Hendry. The following will act as honorary pallbearers: J. E. Wall, C. M. Blake, W. T. Williams, W. B. Moody, H. J. Moody, R. L. Moody, A. W. Cuscaden, H. C. Giddens, W. Leslie Brown and F. S. Parcell. Source: Tampa Tribune (microfilm), date: April 28 1928, p. F.N.-p.1-2.
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