Services for Annie M. Hale, of Kansas City, Mo., are 9 a.m.Friday, May 22, at St. Andrew the Apostle with burial in WhiteChapel Cemetery.

Visitation is Thursday from 6 until 8 p.m. at McGilley AntiochChapel in Kansas City with rosary at 7:30 p.m.

Mrs. Hale, 68, died May 17, 2009. She was born in Brookhaven onFeb. 7, 1941, to Terrell and Marie Martin.

She married Jim Hale on Aug. 4, 1964. She retired after 21 yearsof working at Winnatonka High School. She was a member of LadiesAuxiliary, Council No. 3414, various church organizations andMissouri Association of Romance Authors.

Preceding her in death were her parents; and a brother, RodrickMartin.

Survivors are her husband, Jim Hale; her daughters, RhondaWright and husband, Roger, and Laura Hale and husband, Bill Lane; agrandson, Terrell Wright; and numerous cousins.