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NEWTON - Dr. Jeter Charles Hall Jr., 82, died Thursday, Jan 28, 2010, at Newton-Wellesley Hospital following a long bout with Alzheimer's disease. His wife, Laura Lee (Simmons) Hall, predeceased him on Sept. 5, 2004.

He was born in Bryson City, N.C., to Jeter C. Hall Sr. and Gladys Pauline (Cooper) Hall. After high school he joined the Merchant Marines. Following that he enlisted in the Army and spent more than a year in occupied Korea. He then went to the University of Tennessee, and upon graduating from their college of medicine, he did his internship at John Gaston Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

He moved to Holyoke, opened an office for internal medicine, and began a practice that he loved for 35 years. He belonged to the Rotary Club, the 39ers, and his biggest passion, aside from medicine, was fishing. He was a volunteer physician for the Golden Gloves Boxing Club of Holyoke. He was involved in fundraising for the YMCA of Holyoke and was on the Holyoke Scholarship Fund Awards Committee. Although his name was Jeter and not Peter as some have confused it with, he was a passionate Red Sox fan through and through.

He was predeceased by a son, Gregory Simmons Hall, in 1979, and a sister, Peggy Maxine Hall, in 1924.

He is survived by three sons, Jeter C. Hall III and Jonathan Cooper Hall, both of Chicopee, and Gary Mitchell Hall of South Hadley; a daughter, Jennifer Lee Graffman of Needham; a brother, Nathan Cooper Hall of Bristol, Tenn.; and six grandchildren, Jeter C Hall IV, Rachel Hall, LauraLee Graffman, Jessica Hall, Elijah Hall and Sarah Hall.

A memorial will be held Saturday, Feb. 13, at Beers & Story Funeral Home in South Hadley. Visiting hours are from noon to 2 p.m. A service will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. There are no calling hours.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or American Cancer Society in lieu of flowers.