City of Oaks Funeral Home & Cremation

Obituary
Jill Hall

Cary, North Carolina

Age 86.
Died 04/11/2025.

Jill Hall
Jill Mathis Hall was born in Tennessee on January 15, 1939 and died in North Carolina on April 11, 2025. She lived the majority of her life (ages 5 to 81) in Lafayette, Louisiana, where she worked side-by-side with Scotty Hall, her husband of almost 60 years, in the three businesses they created together. Former customers of Thrifty Way Pharmacy, Scotty Hall Hearing Aids, and the Uniform Shop surely remember Jill's beautiful smile and cheerful personality. Friends and relatives treasured her unassuming manner, optimism, and kind-heartedness. Everyone who took the time to really know Jill Hall is richer for it.

She was predeceased by her brother in 1963, her dear son Danny in 1995, her father in 1999, mother in 2004, and her husband Scotty in 2019. She is survived by her two daughters, Fay Lynn Cavalier of New Iberia, LA and Jena Costello of Cary, NC, as well as six grown grandchildren. Jill laughed as easily at 85 as she did when she was a teenager. She will be dearly missed by those who were fortunate enough to know and love her.

The family will appreciate any stories or fond memories you may choose to share. According to Jill’s wishes, there will be no funeral. Her cremains will be buried with Scotty’s, together in Danny’s grave at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.

To honor Jill’s memory, you might choose to give a monetary gift to someone in need, as she was known to do. Memorial donations can be made to the American Brain Foundation or to Jill’s favorite charity, Disabled American Veterans. Acknowledgements go to Jena Costello.

For additional information or for service details, please reach out to the family directly.


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City of Oaks Cremation and Funeral Home is a full-service funeral home in Raleigh, serving all of North Carolina and beyond. We provide an alternative to costly funeral homes and every day we help families in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and all over North Carolina make simple, affordable funeral arrangements.

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Our Promise

Apples to Apples

Just like all other licensed funeral homes in North Carolina, City of Oaks Cremation, LLC is regulated by the NC Board of Funeral Service.


The same laws that apply to the big corporate funeral homes also apply to the modest independently owned firms like ours. All crematories in North Carolina, regardless of who owns them, are inspected annually by the state and must adhere to the same rules and laws.

Genuine Care

We're committed to providing families within our community unsurpassed service before, during and after the time of loss.


Our staff will provide clear communication to your family through each step as we move forward from the original phone call notifying us of a death to the time we deliver the urn back to your family. We will treat your family with the utmost respect, as we honor the wishes of your loved one.


We promise to make this process affordable and as endurable as possible.

State Wide

Our Funeral Home is located in Wake County NC; however, we provide our services to families throughout the entire State.


Unlike other funeral homes, we don't charge an additional mileage fee. Regardless of what county you live in, we can help your family with making simple, affordable funeral arrangements. From Asheville to Wilmington, we're proud to help families statewide.

Our Services

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Direct Cremation

$1196.75

Nobody likes surprise costs added in at the last minute. We guarantee you will not find any hidden charges here. We include everything you need for a simple or direct cremation. Simple, affordable and reliable. We have not changed the cost of our direct cremation service since we opened City of Oaks in 2012.

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Cremation with Solidified Remains

$2875.66

We offer the option of choosing how you receive your loved ones remains. Selecting our Direct Cremation with Solidified Remains option is a beautiful way to transform cremated remains into 40-60 “stones” that you can hold.

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Cremation with Visitation

$1917.84

City of Oaks Funeral Home and Cremation provides an affordable cremation option with onsite visitation. Nobody likes surprise costs added in at the last minute. We guarantee you will not find any hidden charges here. Simple, affordable and reliable.

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Immediate Burial

$2497.50

An immediate burial has the same end result as a traditional burial; however, we have eliminated the extra (sometimes unnecessary) services prior to getting to the cemetery. Not everyone wants an open casket for viewing or a limousine for the family. Despite the term immediate, we can move as fast as you need or as slow as you like. This option simply allows you to save money by eliminating some of the fancy extras at the funeral home.

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Traditional Funeral

$6081.48

We offer the same traditional funeral services as the big corporately owned funeral homes in the area; however, we cost about half the amount. You might consider a traditional funeral service if your family is looking for an open casket visitation, a traditional church service or a funeral service in the funeral home's chapel. A traditional funeral service can be altered to fit the needs of your family.

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Green Burial

$3033.75

This establishment is one of a select number of funeral homes who meet the criteria for providing green funeral service by the Green Burial Council; a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization working to encourage environmentally sustainability in the field of funeral service. Our Green options allow for a funeral to take place without the use of toxic and non-biodegradable materials/chemicals.

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Aquamation

$2640.59

As an alternative to traditional cremation, City of Oaks Funeral Home also offers Aquamation. The Aquamation process, often referred to as alkaline hydrolysis, uses a solution of water and potassium hydroxide to facilitate natural decomposition.

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