Lewis Augustus Hall, son of Lewis Earl and Mary Lou Whitehurst Hall, was born in Norfolk, Virginia on May 29, 1903. Immediately after graduating from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1924, Hall was hired by Chesapeake & Potomac (C&P) Telephone Company. Initially working in Baltimore, Maryland, he was moved to the company's operations in West Virginia in 1928. By 1930, he was living in Clarksburg and working for the company as an electrical engineer. By 1940, he had married and was living with wife Virginia Hall and the couple's two sons in Wheeling, West Virginia, where Lewis Hall was working as a district plant manager for C&P. Two years later, Hall was working for C&P in Charleston, West Virginia. He would remain in Charleston for the remainder of his career and retired as an assistant vice-president for C&P in 1968.

Hall maintained an active interest in his alma mater, serving as president of the Charleston, West Virginia chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association and for 15 years on the board of directors of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association. In 1977, the university recognized Hall's contributions by awarding him the Alumni Distinguished Service Award.

By 1982, Lewis Hall had moved to Lynchburg, Virginia. He died in Lynchburg on September 4 of that year.