Rebecca Bentley Hall

FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. – Rebecca Bentley Hall, 54, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Funeral service will be held at 7:30 pm on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at Parkwood Baptist Church in Annandale, VA. The family will receive friends at the church prior to the service from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm. Graveside service will be held at 1:00 pm on Friday, April 13, 2018 in Fairview Cemetery, Culpeper, VA. Arrangements in Virginia by Pierce Funeral Home, Manassas. Rebecca Ann Bentley was born April 2, 1964 in Tazewell County, VA to Charles and Rosemary Bentley. She accepted Christ when she was 6 years old and traveled with her father during his itinerant ministry in southwestern Virginia. Rebecca’s first paying solo “gig” was at the age of 7 when she was paid a quarter to sing at her home church. Her dad recruited her to be his pianist and soloist when she was 12, and she served and those capacities for over nine years. After her 1982 graduation from Garden High School in Oakwood, VA, she went on to Bluefield College in Bluefield Virginia where she was involved in theatre and choir until she graduated in 1986. She then moved to northern Virginia and began her professional career. In her early years, Rebecca worked at Computer Sciences Corporation, the Investment Company Institute, GTE Spacenet and Dwyer Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning. She volunteered at First Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA where she a helped with children/youth and hosted a home bible study for single adults in their twenties. Later, she went to play the piano at Sunset Hills Baptist Church in Alexandria on a “temporary” basis and stayed for more than ten years. She also served as a substitute organist and church council member and in her spare time she performed as a wedding singer. Rebecca met Tim Hall in the fall of 1994 and they were married August 19, 1995. She became a stepmother to Sierra, who was 7 at the time. Rebecca was the primary bread winner until Tim finished college in May of 1996. Their son, Carter was born on July 27, 2000. At McLean Bible Church, Tim and Rebecca served as Sunday School facilitators. In 2006, Rebecca and her family moved to the Raleigh, North Carolina area so she could pursue her calling to full-time ministry. In 2010, she graduated with a Master’s degree in Divinity from Campbell University in Buies Creek, NC. While attending school Rebecca interned as a church office assistant at Woodhaven Baptist Church in Apex, NC and served as an accompanist for the Senior Adult Choir at Fuquay Varina Baptist Church. Rebecca’s first paid ministry position was as Minister for Missions and Children at Ridge Road Baptist Church in east Raleigh from 2011 to 2014. In 2015 she served as interim Music Director for Knightdale Baptist Church. Since the fall of 2016 she has been a Ministry Assistant at the Raleigh Baptist Association. Rebecca was very passionate about helping people and serving her community by volunteering with a variety of organizations: As the board’s financial assistant and personal mentor for the Christian Women’s Job Corps; as a room mom at Wake Christian Academy, where Carter is currently a junior; And most recently, after taking a sewing class, she became a costumer for Spiritual Twist Productions, which held a special place in her heart for the last several years, as she supported many productions, not just those wherein Carter had a role. Despite all her work and academic successes, Rebecca was best known for her deep love for her Lord, her family, her friends – she never knew a stranger. Her smile was radiant, her wisdom never-ending, her wit quick, her laughter contagious and she never wavered in showing and sharing love to all. Rebecca was preceded in death by her father, Charles G. Bentley; maternal grandparents, Tom and Martha Owens; paternal grandparents, Raymond and Rachel Bentley; father-in-law, Marion Lee Hall; and sister-in-law, Gena Bentley. She is survived by her loving family which includes her husband, James "Tim" Hall; daughter, Sierra Hall; son, Timothy "Carter" Hall; mother, Rosemary Bentley; sister, Rachel Coleman; brother, Charles "Randy" Bentley; mother-in-law, Joyce Kidd Hall; special cousins, Valerie Looney, Brandee Brown, Summer Chambers, Tara Hall-Owens; and lovingly remembered by many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Spiritual Twist Productions, 1250 Aversboro Rd., Garner, NC 27529 or at www.spiritualtwist.com. Arrangements in North Carolina by Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Garner. Online condolences may be directed to the family by visiting www.bryan-leefuneralhome.com.

Rebecca Bentley Hall

April 2, 1964 - April 4, 2018