The Austin American
25 May 1972, Thu
Page 14
Mrs. Leila Peyton Hall
Funeral for Mrs. Leila Peyton Hall, 84, 1401 Wooldridge, a trustee of Southern Methodist University for 30 years, will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Weed-Corley Funeral Home. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Mexia
She married Rev. C. W. Hall of Austin in 1858 and moved to this city when she became active in his work and the University Methodist Church.
She provided funds to establist the "Peyton Lectureship in Preaching" at SMU in memory of her first husband, George Peyton. Later she gave money for construction of Peyton Hall dormitory for women at SMU and purchased the organ for the chapel at SMU's Perkins School of Theology.
She also endowed scholarships to assist ministerial students and made contributions to Scarrett College in Nashville, Tenn. and Wesley Foundation in Austin.
In Austin, Mrs. Hall worked with southwestern University and Huston-Tillotson College.
Surviors include her husband, a sister, Mary Stevens Campbell of Longview; three brothers, Ernest L. Stevens of Sacramento, Calif., Kelly H Stevens of Abilene; and a niece, Mrs. William C. Couch of Austin.
Those desiring to do so may make memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society of to a favorite charity.
25 May 1972, Thu
Page 14
Mrs. Leila Peyton Hall
Funeral for Mrs. Leila Peyton Hall, 84, 1401 Wooldridge, a trustee of Southern Methodist University for 30 years, will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Weed-Corley Funeral Home. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Mexia
She married Rev. C. W. Hall of Austin in 1858 and moved to this city when she became active in his work and the University Methodist Church.
She provided funds to establist the "Peyton Lectureship in Preaching" at SMU in memory of her first husband, George Peyton. Later she gave money for construction of Peyton Hall dormitory for women at SMU and purchased the organ for the chapel at SMU's Perkins School of Theology.
She also endowed scholarships to assist ministerial students and made contributions to Scarrett College in Nashville, Tenn. and Wesley Foundation in Austin.
In Austin, Mrs. Hall worked with southwestern University and Huston-Tillotson College.
Surviors include her husband, a sister, Mary Stevens Campbell of Longview; three brothers, Ernest L. Stevens of Sacramento, Calif., Kelly H Stevens of Abilene; and a niece, Mrs. William C. Couch of Austin.
Those desiring to do so may make memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society of to a favorite charity.
The Austin American
25 May 1972, Thu
Page 14
Mrs. Leila Peyton Hall
Funeral for Mrs. Leila Peyton Hall, 84, 1401 Wooldridge, a trustee of Southern Methodist University for 30 years, will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Weed-Corley Funeral Home. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Mexia
She married Rev. C. W. Hall of Austin in 1858 and moved to this city when she became active in his work and the University Methodist Church.
She provided funds to establist the "Peyton Lectureship in Preaching" at SMU in memory of her first husband, George Peyton. Later she gave money for construction of Peyton Hall dormitory for women at SMU and purchased the organ for the chapel at SMU's Perkins School of Theology.
She also endowed scholarships to assist ministerial students and made contributions to Scarrett College in Nashville, Tenn. and Wesley Foundation in Austin.
In Austin, Mrs. Hall worked with southwestern University and Huston-Tillotson College.
Surviors include her husband, a sister, Mary Stevens Campbell of Longview; three brothers, Ernest L. Stevens of Sacramento, Calif., Kelly H Stevens of Abilene; and a niece, Mrs. William C. Couch of Austin.
Those desiring to do so may make memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society of to a favorite charity.
25 May 1972, Thu
Page 14
Mrs. Leila Peyton Hall
Funeral for Mrs. Leila Peyton Hall, 84, 1401 Wooldridge, a trustee of Southern Methodist University for 30 years, will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Weed-Corley Funeral Home. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Mexia
She married Rev. C. W. Hall of Austin in 1858 and moved to this city when she became active in his work and the University Methodist Church.
She provided funds to establist the "Peyton Lectureship in Preaching" at SMU in memory of her first husband, George Peyton. Later she gave money for construction of Peyton Hall dormitory for women at SMU and purchased the organ for the chapel at SMU's Perkins School of Theology.
She also endowed scholarships to assist ministerial students and made contributions to Scarrett College in Nashville, Tenn. and Wesley Foundation in Austin.
In Austin, Mrs. Hall worked with southwestern University and Huston-Tillotson College.
Surviors include her husband, a sister, Mary Stevens Campbell of Longview; three brothers, Ernest L. Stevens of Sacramento, Calif., Kelly H Stevens of Abilene; and a niece, Mrs. William C. Couch of Austin.
Those desiring to do so may make memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society of to a favorite charity.
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