Born in 1902 in Payneville, Alabama, just outside of Livingston in Sumter County, Vera Hall grew up to establish one of the most stunning bodies of American folk music on record. Hall married Nash ...

Most likely you’ve never heard of Vera Hall, but if you’ve listened to Moby’s mega-hit album “Play,” and the song “Natural Blues,” you’ve heard her astounding, haunting voice. Hall, who died in 1964, ...

Vera Hall Wynn, of Chattanooga, died on Monday, July 17, 2006. She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church, East Eighth Street, where she was a member of the Ladies Guild until she became ill.