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Brenton
“Brent” Hale, age 72 departed this life on Sunday,
February 27, 2011 at his residence.
He
was born on January 5, 1939 in Wolfpen, KY to the late
Elam and Carrie Hall Hale. Mr. Hale was a graduate of the
Carr Creek High School in Knott County, KY, attended Alice
Lloyd College and was a member of the Grace Baptist Church
in Science Hill, KY. He retired from the US Forest Service
and the Pine Knot Job Corps Center after 42 years of
service where he was the head of the US Forest Service
Fire Fighting Team for the state of Kentucky along with
other training duties. Mr. Hale was the owner of Brent’s
Tree Service and former owner of Annie’s Antiques &
Crafts. He loved hunting, fishing, farming, horses,
playing his guitar, singing gospel bluegrass music, and
people in general. He was a loving father and
grandfather.
Mr.
Hale is survived by his wife, Anna Davidson Hale, whom he
married on November 11, 1959 in Carr Creek, KY; a son,
Jeffrey (and Sheila) Hale of Blacksburg, VA; a daughter,
Barbie (and Allan) Coomer of Somerset, KY; six
grandchildren, Brittney Hale, Kenny Brent Hale, Edward
Coomer, Keyla Coomer, Cierra Coomer, and Dylan Coomer;
four brothers, Lemual (and Evelyn) Hale of Tacoma, WA,
Ernie (and Dora) Hale of Elbe, WA, Jack (and Dorothy)
Mullins of Bradenton, FL, and Dennis (and Athelea) Mullins
of Fairborn, OH; and four sisters, Janice (and Eldred)
Vance of Pinetop, KY, Dorthy Keefer of Virginia, Alta (and
Charles) Tidwell of Litt Car, KY, and Lola Elston of
Eatonville, WA.
Along
with his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister
and four brothers.
Visitation
for Mr. Hale will be Thursday, March 3rd at
5:00 pm at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, 1046 West Highway
80, Somerset.
Funeral
service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, March 4th
at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Bro.
Greg Williams officiating. Burial will be in the Somerset
Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bob McGahan, Dave Baugh,
Ronnie Vaught, Don Brown, Wendell Phelps and Marty Hayes.
Honorary pallbearers will be Vertrees Dalton and Don
Minton.
The
family requests expressions of sympathy be made to the
American Cancer Society, American Diabetes
Association, and Hospice of Lake Cumberland.
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