Reverend Charles V. Hale, 86
Reverend Charles V. Hale, 86 of West Portsmouth died Wednesday April 28, 2010 at SOMC Hospice. He was born October 5, 1923 in Lackey, Ky., to the late Camellias and Mary Hall Hale. He was retired from Laborers Local 83 in Portsmouth and was the current minister at Bible Missionary Church in Rosemount, and also was an Evangelist. . He was the owner operator of Hale's Dairyland for many years. Charles was also an Army Veteran of WWII where he received 4 Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart.
Charles is survived by his wife Juanita Price Hale who he married on November 13, 1945, a son Randy V.(Jackie) Hale of Minford, 2 daughters; Rita K. (Mike) Riley of Georgetown and Kathy Mershon of West Portsmouth, a sister Elizabeth Ann Smith of Glade Water Tx., 7 grandchildren; Brian Riley of Boston, Ma., Roseva Hammond of West Portsmouth, Stephanie Brickweg of N.C., Chris Hale of Dayton, Lori Howell of Stout, Sonya Hale of Southpoint and Michelle Scott of West Portsmouth, along with 13 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Friday, April 30, 2010 at Nauvoo United Methodist Church in West Portsmouth with Carl Rose officiating. Interment will be in Scioto Burial Park with graveside military rites by James Dickey Post 23 American Legion. Friends may call at the church on Friday from 10:00am until the funeral hour. Arrangements are under the direction of the Roger W. Davis Funeral Home in West Portsmouth where condolences may be sent to www.rogerwdavisfuneralhome.com