Hale Cemetery, Russell County, Va ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Submitted by: Harold & Kathy Richardson < rbc@naxs.com > From Rosedale VA take Rt 80 toward Honaker turn right on Rt 640 at Blackford go 3.3 miles take a left on Rt 636 go 1.3 miles to Grant Smith Farm on left Box 59 on mail box. Cemetery on top hill behind the house. Visited May 1982 and again in May 2002 by Kathy & Harold Richardson. Photos taken in May 1982. Cemetery is over grown in 2002 fence is down and tombstones have been turned over by cattle. ( Added by compiler) Walter C. Hale Jr. S/o W.C. & M.F. Hale (Walter Cleveland Hale & Mabel F Hale) 17 Oct 1918 4 Sep 1919 J.T. Miller 2 Jul 1926 11 Nov 1931 Gone to be an angel Thomas C. Hale (s/o George Beaugaurd Hale & Lemaria Belle) 4 Nov. 1906 2 Jan. 1933 The picture may dim, but memory is ever bright Infant Daughter of (d/o Thomas Preston Hale & Nellie R. Davis) T.P. & N.R. Hale Stillborn 24 Nov. 1900 Budded on earth, bloom in heaven Mary Nineveh ( d/o John Thomas Hale & Martha Jane Compton) Daughter of J.T. & M.J. Hale Died 25 Jan 1895 age 18 yrs 1 mo 2 days A light from our household is gone Jonathan Hale (s/o Thomas Hale & Nancy Wood) Born 28 May 1805 Died 19 Jan 1883 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord Rev. 14:13 Mary (d/o Isham Cockram & Sarah Rakes) Wife of Jonathan Hale Born 2 March 1807 Died 4 Nov 1890 Peace be unto thee, fear not Judges 6:28 Hale George B 1 Mar 1862 15 Nov 1917 Lemaria B 13 Sep 1868 26 Jul 1925 (these two were on one stone with the inscription "sweet to remember" between them George Beaugaurd Hale & Lemaria Belle) At Rest Hale John T Hale (s/o Jonathan S. Hale & Mary Cockran) 5 Jan 1842 10 Jun 1908 Died 66 yrs 5 mos. 5 days My head and stay is called away And I am left alone. My husband Dear who was so near has fled away And gone. Hale Martha J Hale (Martha J Compton d/o Neely M. McGlothlin & Priscilla Compton) 29 Jan 1842 6 Jul 1922 Nannie B (d/o Reece Lester & Josephine Shreve) Wife of S.F. Hale (Stuart Frazier) Born 1 Jul 1877 Died 20 Apr 1898 She was the sunshine of our home Lemiria Nell Daughter of E.A. & M.B. Hale 28 Sep 1920 18 Sep 1921 Ellie P (d/o Thomas Preston Hale & Nellie R. Davis. She was a twin to Paul.) Daughter of T.P. & N.R. Hale Died 10 Oct 1903 Age 5 yrs 6 mos. Gone to be an angel Claude H. Hale (s/o Thomas Preston Hale & Nellie R. Davis. He was killed in WWI ) 31 Mar 1897 28 May 1918 4th Co. Coast Artillery Nellie R. Hale ( d/o Thomas Davis & Jennie) Born 18 Sep 1872 Died 23 Jan 1920 She was the sunshine of our home Tina Alice ( d/o William "Buck" Hubbard & Minerva Jane Knuckles) Wife of W.A. Moore Born 23 Feb 1894 Died 4 July 1919 Honored, beloved, & wept Here Mother lies