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A graveside service for Dr. Ernest “Willie” Wilson Hallford was held Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, in the Trimello Cemetery at Royal. Warner Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.

Professor Emeritus Willie Hallford passed away on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, at the age of 75. He was born in Alabama to Homer and Mona (Shelley) Hallford and lived his childhood there. He graduated from the University of Alabama and Ohio State University. He taught in elementary schools in Louisiana and then taught Psychology at Moorhead State University, Minn., until retiring in 2010.

In retirement he lived o...