Multi-State Partnership for Security
in Agriculture
Ensuring America’s agricultural system is secure, its citizens are safe, and its economy is strong.
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The Partnership lost a dear friend and founding member on Thursday,
February 11, 2016 with the passing of Dr. Ed Hall. Dr. Hall helped form the
partnership in 2003 and was integral in helping lead the Partnership until his
retirement from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and Homeland
Security in 2014.
Dr. Hall was born October 20, 1938 in Troy, Alabama, to the late Leon
Edward and Carolyn Sewell Hall. He jokingly informed the Partnership he
graduated from “UCLA” (the Upper Corner of Lower Alabama) and was a
proud graduate from the Auburn University School of Veterinary Medicine
in 1966 where he was a member of Omega Tau Sigma Fraternity.
After graduation he moved to Madisonville, Ky., to start his veterinary
practice. He later moved to Bardstown where he practiced veterinary
medicine from 1970-1999. He was the former owner of Central Kentucky
Animal Clinic in Bardstown, a lifetime member of Kentucky Veterinary
Medical Association, was named the Kentucky Veterinarian of the Year in
2004, a member of the Southern Kentucky Team Penning Association, the
1998 AQHA third place champion, a member of Parkway Baptist Church,
Harmony Sunday School Class, Nelson County Cattleman's Association,
served on the Nelson County Fair Board, and was active in 4H.
In 2001 he traveled to England where he and other veterinarians from the
United States worked with their English counterparts to eradicate an
outbreak of foot and mouth disease. After selling his practice, he continued
his career with the Department of Agriculture and Homeland Security from
1999-2014.
The contributions Dr. Hall made to the Partnership were invaluable and we
sends our condolences to his wife and daughters.
For those who wish to make a contribution in memory of Dr. Hall, the
family requests donations to the American Heart Association.
Dr. Edmond Sims Hall (1938 - 2016)
