By By Jason Ryan

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“And they did lower the price,” said Erin Daly. “She convinced them!”

Added her friend and fellow teacher Grace Peterson, “If there was ever a problem, she was the one to fix it and she did it with joy.”

Sklyar Bodie, the remaining teacher, chimed in that Hall would make fast friends with just about anybody.

“You met her and it’s like you knew her forever,” said Bodie.

Other friends voiced similar sentiments. Fran Welch, dean of the School of Education at the college, recalled a special lunch she recently enjoyed with Hall and one of Hall’s former students.

Susan Jackson recalled how she met Hall when the young teacher was her tenant. Then she ran into her during an exercise class, and elsewhere around town, as Hall seemed to know everyone.

“You meet her, you don’t forget her,” Jackson said. “There’s just no way.”

Though Hall was a lot of fun, she had a serious side when it came to her job as an educator. She was proud to be a first-generation college graduate of the College of Charleston in 1997. Then she earned a master’s degree in education from The Citadel and a doctorate degree in education from the University of South Carolina.

Brock said people would be wise to follow her inspiring example when confronting challenges in life. Though red eyes and wet cheeks were in abundance at the Cistern Yard, Hall’s loved ones overwhelmingly communicated an uplifting message in her honor.

“Instead of mourning our loss, we made a decision to celebrate,” Brock said. “Instead of telling myself a story of how something has gone wrong, I could apply Heather’s ‘glass half full filter’ and see that I already have everything I need.”

Hall’s family encourages those celebrating Hall’s life to donate to:

HEART: An Inclusive Arts Community, or,The College of Charleston, which has created the Heather Hall Memorial Scholarship.