A Celebration of Life service will be held for Debra “Deb” Lee Hall, Age 69 of Ava, Missouri will be held at 4:30 PM at The Sandy General Baptist Church, Ava Missouri.
Arrangements are under the direction of The Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, Missouri. Family requests memorials to Sandy General Baptist Church or Shriners Children’s Hospital.
Ava, Missouri
Debra Lee Hall, 69 years, 5 months, 8 days old, went home to be with Jesus on August 14, 2025, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.
Deb was born March 6, 1956, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Eldon “Edd” Lee and Barbara “Bobbie” Mae (Hammons) Hodges.
Deb grew up in the Ava community and graduated from Ava High School in 1974.
She was employed as a cook with Delmina Woods in Forsyth, Missouri, for 27 years. She was dedicated in preparing meals for the girls and their care.
Deb enjoyed life and always looked on the bright side of everything. She enjoyed sewing and spending Tuesdays with the girls in her sewing class. Her love was being with her grand and great grandchildren when she could. She also loved sharing their pictures as often as possible. Her joy was her girls and her family.
She was a Christian and was a member of the Sandy General Baptist Church.
Deb was preceded in death by her parents; and her daughter, Kathy Hall.
Deb is survived by her daughters, Holly Collins and husband Frank, and Heather Houze and her husband, John; grandchildren, Boone Hall and wife Alyssa, Hope Hall, Jacob Hall and wife Rachele, Kaleb Cherry, and Clayton Houze; great grandchildren, Phoibe, Rayner, Dior, Eldon, Beverly, Odette, and Kameryn; her sister, Nancy Pellham and husband, John; nieces, nephews, and extended family and friends.
