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OBITUARIES FOR CHARLES HUSE (CHARLEY) HALE, M.D. APRIL 16, 1874 - APRIL 25, 1944 Submitted by: Jo Holsinger
County's Oldest Medical Doctor Dies on Tuesday -
Dr. Hale Had Been in County for 32 Years
Funeral services for Dr. Charles Huse Hale, Choctaw county's oldest resident medical doctor in point of service, will be conducted at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Boswell Methodist church. Interment in Boswell cemetery will be in charge of Coffey Funeral home.
Dr. Hale died at his office Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock of a heart attack.
Dr. Hale had practiced in Boswell for the last 32 years. In recent years he had hoped to relax from his duties but shortage of doctors and desire of many of his patients that he attend them made retirement practically impossible. 'I was there when they were born and when their children and grandchildren were born,' he told a professional friend, 'and I just can't turn my back on them when they need me now.'
Dr. Hale was born in Union Parish, La., on April 16, 1874. He came to Boswell from Texas and had lived there since with the exception of a few months spent in Wagoner. He returned shortly, declaring, friends say, that he thought he would be happier in Boswell than anywhere else in the world.
Since he was 21 years old he had been a member of the Methodist church, which, with his profession and family, shared his interests.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Belle G. Hale, one son, Hugh Hale, of Boswell, and two daughters, Mrs. J. A. Still, of Texarkana, and Mrs. O. L. Watson Jr., of Levelland, Tex. Five brothers and three sisters also survive him.
Pallbearers will be as follows: active - Harry Craig, J. W. Jones, C. __. Maupin, G. C. Greenwood, Henry Duncan, and Bayless Irby; honorary - J. R. Bryant, G. W. Brinkley, O. L. Watson, Perry Greene, G. D. Duncan and R. L. Lowdermilk.
--The Southeast Oklahoman, Hugo, Oklahoma, Thursday, April 27, 1944 -
Dr. C. H. Hale Died Suddenly Tuesday
Funeral service for Dr. Charles Huse Hale, Choctaw county's oldest resident medical doctor in point of service were conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Boswell Methodist church. Rev. T. C. Davis and Rev. W. W. Moran officiated.
Dr. Hale was born April 15 [sic], 1874 at Spearsville, Union Parish, La. And died Tuesday afternoon, April 25, 1944 at his office. He died of a heart attack.
In 1898 he was married to Miss Belle G. Darnall and in 1908 he was graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville, Kentucky then moved to Grady, N.M. where he practiced for 5 years. In 1913 the family came to Boswell where he served this community for 31 years, even in failing health he still continued to render services when it taxed his physical strength.
He is survived by his wife and three children, Mrs. Lillian Still, Texarkana, Texas; Mrs. Gertrude Watson, Levelland, Tex. and Hugh D. Hale, Boswell; five grandchildren; five brothers and three sisters.
Dr. Hale leaves a host of friends, numbered by patrons acquaintances, and a life record of service, sincerity, and consecration. Joining the church at the age of 21, he has since been a loyal and consecrated member.
Pallbearers were Harry Craig, John W. Jones, A. F. Maupin, G. C. Greenwood, Henry Duncan and Bayless Irby. Interment was in the Boswell cemetery under the direction of Coffey Funeral Home.
--Boswell News, Friday, April 28, 1944
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