Mrs. Alfair Rand Hall, "Sista," better known as MaDear was born on March 14,1925 to the late Mrs. Annie Black-Rand & Clarence Rand, Sr. in Camden, Alabama. Mrs. Alfair Rand-Hall later moved to Prichard, Al. Mrs. Hall was a long- time resident of Moss Point, Pascagoula, and Gautier. Mississippi before she later returned back to reside in Mobile, Alabama.

She was preceded in death by her grandmother: Lucy Young; her grandfather, Jim Black; her mother: Annie Black Rand; her father: Clarence Rand, Sr.; her two brothers: Joe Black, Sr. & Clarence Rand, Jr.; her two sons: SGT. Earlie Moton Rand & Tyrone Hall; her daughter: Marilyn Martin-Isaac; and her great grandson: Xavier Moffett.

Cherishing her memories are four daughters: Patricia (John) Cabble, Carol Hall-Heathcock, Gloria Brown-Foster, and Mary Hall; five granddaughters: Michelle (Eric) Coleman, Nakila Hall (Ronald) Ellis, Tarina (Harold) Moffett, Nyia Hall, and Brittany Payne; four grandsons: Alfred Martin, Jr., Lamar Hall, Roshann (Nyah) Brown, and Torrey Isaac; twelve great-grandkids, and two great great- grandkids, and thirty nieces and nephews from Mobile, Alabama; Seattle, Washington; Oakland, California; Atlanta, Georgia; and Pensacola, Florida.