October 9, 1985 –  October 13, 2004  Funeral Services for James Henslee (Jimmy Lee) Hale, III, age 19 of Tioga will be 2 P.M., Sunday, Oct. 17, 2004 at Friendship Baptist Church in Tioga with Deacon Bob Carrigan officiating. Interment will follow in Macomb Cemetery directed by Meador Funeral Home in Whitesboro. Mr. Hale died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004 at St. Paul University Hospital in Dallas.
Jimmy was born on Oct. 9, 1985 in Waycross, Georgia to James H. (Jim) Jr. and Deborah (Norris) Hale. He had lived in the area since 1988.

Survivors include his parents: Jim and Deborah Hale of Tioga; 1 sister: Lenae Hale of Tioga; 3 brothers: Joshua, Richard and Clint Hale all of Tioga; paternal grandparents: Roy and Faye Taylor of Whitesboro; maternal grandmother: Anita Norris of Alma, Georgia; several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Pallbearers are: Stanley Kemp, Jason Speir, Jimmy Leverett, Larry Earl, Ed Carrigan and Paul Rodarmer.

Honorary pallbearers are: Jimmy Mathis, Dude Carrigan and Ernest Sigrest.