Hale Sr., Robert Estil (Bob, Bobby)

Robert Estil (Bob, Bobby) Hale Sr., 84, of Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday morning, May 2, 2012, at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem after a long illness. Born at Interior in Giles County March 26, 1928, he was a son of the late Estil and Janey Lucas Hale. He was retired from the mines at the National Gypsum Co. at Goldbond. He was preceded in death by his parents; his beloved wife, Mary Katherine Neice Hale; his granddaughter, Karen Melissa Hale; and his brothers, Raymond, Freddie, and Gene Hale. He leaves to cherish his memory his children Robert Jr. and Shirley Hale, of Pembroke, James Hale, of Pearisburg, John and Peggy Hale, of Pembroke, Sherman Hale, of Pearisburg, Margie Dowdy and Charles Kellison, of Pearisburg, Margaret Ann and Darrell Proco, of Christiansburg; his 12 grandchildren; his 20 great-grandchildren; and his one great-great-grandchild. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday in the Kendall Funeral Home, 605 Snidow St., Pembroke, with Pastor Merrill Hedrick and Pastor Eddie Kendall officiating. Burial will follow in the McCroskey Cemetery at Interior. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon until 2 p.m. before the services. .Online condolences may be sent to kendallfuneralhome.com.