Margaret Josephine Gracey Hale
d. March 20, 2011
Margaret Josephine Gracey Hale
Margaret Josephine Gracey Hale, 94, of Kingsport, passed away at Elmcroft Assisted Living in Florence, SC on Sunday, March 20, 2011.
Josephine Jo was born in Cookeville, TN and resided in Kingsport, TN after WWII. She was married to Howard Hale for 56 years until his death in 2004. Josephine received her B.S. from Tennessee Tech and taught at Columbia College in Columbia, SC during the war. She received a M.S. from the University of TN and served as a Professor of Home Economics until marrying Howard. He also attended school there after WWII. She was a member of First Broad Street Methodist Church and the Crusade Sunday School Class.
Survivors include her son, Jim Hale and wife, Cindy; two grandchildren, Hunter Travis Hale, Morgan Taylor Hale, all of Florence, SC; several nieces and nephews: Dr. Lloyd Jerry Story and wife, Ranny, Janelle Frazier, Linda Petitto and husband, John, all of Winston-Salem, NC, Danny Story and wife, Janie, Laverne Mackay and husband, Don, Virginia Ruth Beasley, all of Johnson City, Sharon Gracey Clark of Conway, AR, Craig Gracey of Nashville, TN.
Burial will be at 1:30 pm Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Oak Hill Memorial Park. The memorial service will follow at 2:30 pm at First Broad Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Jack Weikel officiating. The family will receive friends following the memorial service at the church.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions may be given to the Building Fund at First Broad Street United Methodist Church, PO Box 1336, Kingsport, TN 37662.
Josephine Jo was born in Cookeville, TN and resided in Kingsport, TN after WWII. She was married to Howard Hale for 56 years until his death in 2004. Josephine received her B.S. from Tennessee Tech and taught at Columbia College in Columbia, SC during the war. She received a M.S. from the University of TN and served as a Professor of Home Economics until marrying Howard. He also attended school there after WWII. She was a member of First Broad Street Methodist Church and the Crusade Sunday School Class.
Survivors include her son, Jim Hale and wife, Cindy; two grandchildren, Hunter Travis Hale, Morgan Taylor Hale, all of Florence, SC; several nieces and nephews: Dr. Lloyd Jerry Story and wife, Ranny, Janelle Frazier, Linda Petitto and husband, John, all of Winston-Salem, NC, Danny Story and wife, Janie, Laverne Mackay and husband, Don, Virginia Ruth Beasley, all of Johnson City, Sharon Gracey Clark of Conway, AR, Craig Gracey of Nashville, TN.
Burial will be at 1:30 pm Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Oak Hill Memorial Park. The memorial service will follow at 2:30 pm at First Broad Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Jack Weikel officiating. The family will receive friends following the memorial service at the church.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions may be given to the Building Fund at First Broad Street United Methodist Church, PO Box 1336, Kingsport, TN 37662.
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