Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


[This is Jonas Judd Hail, Jr. b 9 Jan 1840 d 1 Jan 1926]


The Fairfield Recorder newspaper - Friday, January 8, 1926 edition

PIONEER CITIZEN DIES IN CORSICANA
J. J. (Uncle Joe) Hale, 86 years old, a Confederate Veteran and member of Hood’s 
Brigade, died here Sunday afternoon. The deceased was sheriff of Navarro County 
four terms many years ago. Four daughters, Mrs. Charles Gregory, Streetman, Mrs. 
A. M. Matthews, Mrs. William Robinson and Mrs. D. C. Kelly of Corsicana survive. 
No funeral arrangements have been made but funeral and burial will take place in 
Streetman.

Mr. Hale had been a resident of Navarro County for sixty years.