Wilbur Hannon Hale^[1]

1912 - 2002  (89 years)

• Name	Wilbur Hannon Hale
  Born	7 Apr 1912
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Feb 2002	Cocke County Convalescent Center   [2, 3]
  Buried	23 Feb 2002	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I85687	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Thomas Carty Hale,   b. Aug 1884, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 1949  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Susie Ellen Runyan,   b. Aug 1888, Tennessee ,   d. 1966  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Family ID	F31322	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Lucille Foster,   b. 16 Jun 1926,   d. 28 Mar 2011, Mercy Medical Center St. Mary’s  (Age 84 years)
  Married	Abt 1948
  Family ID	F31327	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - 23 Feb 2002 - Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 122. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 20 Feb 2002. Wilbur Hannon Hale, age 89, of Newport, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at Cocke County Convalescent Center. He was preceded in death by parents, T.C. and Susie Runyan Hale; brother, Allen Hale; sister, Bess Ailey; mother-in-law and husband, Sue and Ivan (Pete) Hale. Wilbur was an active member of First Christian Church, where he served as an elder. He was also a member of Come Join Us Sunday School Class. Wilbur was an avid gardener until poor health forced him to give it up. He retired from A.C. Lawrence Leather Company, where he was time study engineer. He served four years in the Army. He is survived by his wife of almost 54 years, Lucille Hale; sister-in-law, Nannie G. Hale, of Newport; niece and husband, Lorene and Kirk Jenkins, of Newport; niece, Betty Gregory, of Cleveland, Ohio; nephew and his wife, Roger and Shirley Hale, of Oak Ridge; grandnephews, Kirk Jenkins, of Sevierville, Ken Jenkins, of Gatlinburg, and Rod Gregory, of Ohio; also many cousins, friends and extended church family. The funeral will be held 8 p.m. Friday, February 22, 2002, at Manes Funeral Home Chapel, with Ed Hardison officiating, with burial 11 a.m. Saturday, February 23, 2002, in Union Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Manes Funeral Home prior to the funeral. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to First Christian Church of Newport, Johnson Bible College, 7900 Johnson Drive, Knoxville, TN 37998-1001 or Christian Church Foundation for the handicapped. Manes Funeral Home is in charge. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 408-05-0963. issued in Tennessee, last residing in Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee