Christopher Allen Hale

39 year old Christopher Allen Hale of Woodbury died Saturday at River Park Hospital in McMinnville. He was a member of the Pleasant View Baptist Church, a National Guard veteran, having served with the 278th in Iraq from November, 2004 to November, 2005. Hale was also employed by the Rutherford Farmers Coop in Woodbury. The funeral will be Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. at DeKalb Funeral Chapel. Jeff Crips and Michael Hale will officiate and burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be Monday from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until the service at 4:00 p.m. Hale was preceded in death by his father, Charles Allen Hale and his grandparents, Edwin and Ruth Moss Dunn and James “Slim” and Evelyn Atnip Hale. Hale is survived by his wife, Stephanie Hale of Woodbury. Children, Bryan Hale and Shane Hale both of Manchester and Jessica Arnold and Emily Hartman both of Woodbury. A granddaughter, Bailey Hale of Manchester. Parents, Vicky and Nelson Sandlin of Liberty. Brothers, Michael and wife Tara Hale of Smithville and John and wife Amanda Sandlin of Liberty. Nieces and nephews, Jaley, Maddox, and Kayla Hale, Jacob Sandlin, Aaron Sissom, and Amanda Francis. Mother-in-law, Debbie and husband Michael Zerio of Connecticut. Sister-in-law, Dela Sissom of Woodbury. Grandmother-in-law, Elsie Smith Walden. Several aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends also survive. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.