Teresa Lynne Reynolds

Teresa Hall passed away on Thursday, August 24, 2023, after a courageous battle against cancer.

She is survived by her husband, Fletcher Hall, and her sons, Chance and Shane Hall and his wife, Lory Hall, her daughter, Suedee Hall Elkins and her husband, BJ Elkins, and five grandchildren, Zandalee Long, Maya and Geurin Hall, Shine and Valor Elkins. Teresa is also survived by her mother, Anna Faye Reynolds House, her sister Lou Ellen Stinnett and her husband, Gregg Stinnett, her brother, Clay Reynolds, and many nieces and nephews.

Teresa is preceded in death by her son, Canyon Hall, and her father, Thomas (Tommy) G. Reynolds.

Teresa was an adventurous spirit and a talented artist who enjoyed spending time outdoors, whether painting in the desert, paddleboarding on nearby lakes, or floating the warm waters of the Gulf shore. Teresa loved to travel and lived throughout the United States, crisscrossing from Louisiana to New York to California by way of Michigan. However, Teresa’s travels always circled back home to her Arkansas family, who were grounded by her giving, gentle, and loving spirit. Teresa never showed up empty-handed, always a thoughtful gift, an encouraging word, a creative yet perfect idea for that empty wall in your home.

As an artist, Teresa was best-known for her watercolors, yet she gave new meaning to the artistic expression of mixed media as she combined leather, metal, beads, fabric, oils, and many other inspiring materials into bags, sculptures, and jewelry. At home, she spent joyful times with her grandchildren sharing her love of creating with paint, clay, and found materials, and she made any space her own.

Always ahead of fashion, Teresa pulled together thrift store finds and designer ready-made into enviable outfits splashed with color and texture and accented by her own jewelry creations.

Teresa owned an art gallery and later taught art in the Elkins school district for many years, then taught special education classes at Sonora Middle School for several years. She graduated from Ole Main High School (class of 1978), North Little Rock, the University of Arkansas, and, always learning, she later completed Masters degrees at the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University.