Grace McGhee Hale, 80, of Tifton passed away Saturday, November 22, 2003, at her residence. Her funeral service was held at 1:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 25, 2003, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rv. A. D. Connell and the Rev. Shane Lipp officiating. Mrs. Hale was laid to rest at Tift Memorial Gardens.
Larry Kendrick, Joe Hale, Dwayne Hester, Travis Craven, Chett Ray, Curt Hale, Jed Hale and Chris Hale served as pallbearers.
Born April 8, 1923, in Tift County, Mrs. Hale was the daughter of the late, Dewey Cleveland McGhee and Beula Goddard Mc Ghee. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jewel Sylvester Hale; and one brother. She was a homemaker; and she was a member of New River Holiness Church in Berrien County.
Mrs. Hale is survived by four sons, Billy Hale of Georgetown, Connie Hale of Manchester and Cleveland Hale and Norman Hale, both of Brookfield; four daughters, Julie Kendrick of Woodland, Dorise Yancey of Brookfield, Margie Craven of Jacksonville, Florida and Martha Odell of Tifton; one brother, Harce McGhee of Brookfield; four sisters, Rachel Hale and Alice Padgett, both of Brookfield, Hazell Cattell of Tifton and Ruth Carrin of Jacksonville, Florida; twenty grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren.