Pauline Marable Hall Passes Away

Nashville, Tenn. –In a small New England town 104 years ago, Pauline made her entrance into the world. After graduating from high school, she moved from home to Tennessee to attend Meharry Medical College, where she earned her degree in Nursing. Although Pauline’s dream was to return to Massachusetts to help start a hospital where all people of color were welcome, the path her life took was very different from the one she anticipated. In 1942, she met and married a very handsome, charismatic man from Guyana, Dr. W. F. Bernell James. Pauline later received her bachelor and master’s degrees from Tennessee State University, and also a Master’s in Psychiatric Health from Vanderbilt University, where she was a doctoral candidate in Higher Education. For many years, she and Dr. James worked tirelessly for the betterment of the Meharry community – he, as a surgeon and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and she, in various leadership positions, including OB-GYN Head Nurse, and Director of Nursing Service. Pauline called Nashville home for over eight decades, and throughout her illustrious life, gave her very best to each endeavor. While raising her family, she held many positions in both the Nursing...