Colleen "MeeMom" Hale

Colleen "MeeMom" Hale, 95, of S. Olive Street, Carlsbad, New Mexico, passed away November 19, 2010 at Lakeview Christian Home. Visitation will be 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Monday, November 22, 2010 at Denton-Wood Funeral Home. Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 10:00 AM, at Denton-Wood Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Gerald Harden officiating. Interment will follow in Carlsbad Cemetery, Carlsbad, New Mexico. Denton-Wood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Colleen "MeeMom" Hale was born September 7, 1915 in Grandfield, OK to Charles R. and Lucy (Henley) Tice. She attended school in Waxahachie, TX. Colleen moved to Carlsbad in 1952 and married Edward Duane Hale on September 5, 1952 in Clovis, New Mexico. She was an excellent seamstress and loved cooking and caring for her family. Colleen was a member of the Hillcrest Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; sons: Jerold Cranford and Monte Cranford; brother, Bud Tice; sisters: Murt Tice, Thelma Tice, Nora Richardson and grandson, Stacy Ray Cranford. Survivors are her husband, Ed Hale of Carlsbad, NM; five children: Joann Moore and husband, Jack of Alvaredo, TX, Terrel Williams and husband, Jerry Osborne of Carlsbad, NM, Richard Dean Hale and wife, Jody of Tulsa, OK, Billie Petty and husband, G. C. of Tyler, TX, Edward D. Hale, Jr. and wife, Ann of Norman, OK; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers are Athena Jiron, Jake Jiron, Jason Williams, M. J. Williams, Joe Cranford and Jerry Cranford. Memorial contributions may be made to Baptist Children's Home, P.O. Box 629, Portales, NM 88130. Condolences may be expressed at dentonwood.com.