Rachel McGhee Hale, 87, of Tifton died Friday, February 17, 2012, at her residence surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 20, 2012, at New River Free Holiness Church. Rev. Gerald Lee will officiate with a eulogy to be given by Charles Connell with burial to follow in New River Free Holiness Church Cemetery. Grandchildren will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Sunday, February 19, 2012, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mrs. Hale was born on February 11, 1925 in Tift County and was the daughter of Dewey Cleveland McGhee and Beulah Merinda Goddard McGhee, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Terry Wayne Hale and Dewey Bruce Hale; three brothers, Grady McGhee, Troy McGhee and Rollie McGhee; and one sister, Grace Hale. She was a homemaker and a member of New River Free Holiness Church.
Mrs. Hale is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law Larry Jerome and Darlene Hale, Alvin Virgil and Rhonda Hale and Calvin Clyde and Faye Hale, all of Tifton; one daughter and son-in-law, Joan and Charles Connell of Tifton; two daughters-in-law, Patti Hale of Brookfield and Glenda Hale of Tifton; one brother, Harce McGhee of Tifton; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Alice McGhee Padgett of Tifton, Hazel and Jim Cattell of Tifton and Ruth and David Carrin of Jacksonville, Florida; two sisters-in-law, Delores McGhee and Ann McGhee; ten grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.