Sammy Hale
Nickelsville, VA | August 14, 2008
Sammy Ray Hale ? Nickelsville, VA Sammy Ray Hale, 46, Nickelsville, VA passed away Thursday, August 14, 2008 at the Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Mr. Hale was born in Russell County, VA on May 24, 1962, a son of the late Kelly Junior Hale and Mary Farmer Hale. Sammy was one of the most gentle and kind men you would ever have wanted to meet, he truly was an "angel on earth". He is survived by sisters, Linda Clevenger and husband, Jessee, Yuma,VA, Elizabeth Finch and husband, Mikey, Dungannon, VA, Joann Culbertson and husband, Jim, Nickelsville, VA and Ruby Culbertson and husband, D.J., Nickelsville, VA, brothers, James Hale and wife, Joyce, Nickelsville, VA, Fred Hale, Nickelsville, VA, Ronnie Hale, Nickelsville, VA, David Hale, Nickelsville, VA and Mark Hale and wife, Cindy, Nickelsville, VA, several aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews who thought of him as a father, eight great nieces and two great nephews. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Saturday, August 16, 2008 at the Gate City Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 8:00 p.m. in the Gene Falin Memorial Chapel of the funeral home with the Rev. Joe Greear officiating. The Sluss Family will provide the music. Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Sunday, August 17, 2008 at the Hale Family Cemetery in the Twin Springs community of Scott County, VA. Jerry Meade, Terry Meade, Randy Meade, Andy Meade, Anthony Laney and Randy Sluss will serve as pallbearers. Mikey Finch, Jeff Stansberry, Greg Stansberry, Larry Stansberry and Mikey Finch, Jr. will serve as honorary pallbearers. An online guest registry is available for the Hale family at www.gatecityfunerals.com. The family wished to express their gratitude to Dr. Demotts, his nurses and staff on Wilcox Hall, to Dr. Butler, Donna and Joy and the other nurses and staff at the Dialysis Center, and Anita Mullins, Sammy's Home Health nurse. Gate City Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Sammy Hale.