Chesterfield-Sussex County-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hales, Rev. William L., 2008 

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WILLIAM L. HALES 

  William Hales was born July 26, 1928 in Creedmore, North Carolina. [sic*] 
He was the son of the late Samuel and Ivey Peed Hales.  Bill was a graduate 
of Petersburg High School and the University of Richmond.  He received his 
BD from Union Theological Seminary, and his THM and DMIN from Southeastern 
Theological Seminary. Clinical Pastoral education was completed at the 
Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg, Va.  He served a field of churches 
between college and seminary, including Central Baptist, Smyrna Baptist, 
Sharon Baptist and Cut Banks Baptist.  His full time pastorates were Hulls 
Memorial Baptist Church, Pocahontas Basset Baptist Church and First Baptist 
Church, Annandale, Bill was active in Virginia Baptist life, serving on many 
committees and boards, and was the first moderator of the Fredericksburg 
Baptist Association.  He also served as a trustee of the Religious Herald. 
After retiring, he served a number of churches as an interim pastor.  Bill 
was currently serving as Interim Pastor of West End Baptist Church in 
Petersburg, Va.

  He is survived by his wife, Feigh Hart Hales; a daughter Kathy Hales 
Thompson and her husband, Rev. Robert E. Thompson, of Ashland; grandchildren, 
Lance Corporal Matthew B. Thompson, of United States Marine Corps of Hanover, 
Christopher Y. Thompson of Ashland; brother, Joe C. Hales, Sr. of Colonial 
Heights; three sisters-in-law, Josephine Hales, Betty King, Norma Harper; a 
brother-in-law, Carl Hart and wife, Alice; and beloved nieces and nephews.

  If you choose to make memorial gifts, please consider the Wakefield Baptist 
Church, the West End Baptist Church, Petersburg or the First Baptist Church 
of Ashland.


Rev. William L. HALES, of Colonial Heights, Baptist pastor, 
b. 26 Jul 1928, Creedmore, Granville Co., NC, 
d. 10 May 2008, Chesterfield Co., 
donated obit, publication unknown 

He m. Edna Feigh HART 27 Jun 1949 in Colonial Heights. 
   *M.Cert. 14346 (Chesterfield Co. #155) gives b. Petersburg. 

His parents m. 11 Jul 1911 in Creedmore.  (Granville Co., NC, M.Reg.) 

His mother (1892-1981) is buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Chester. 
   (D.Cert. 81-027561) 


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