Mary Pauline Hale 1916-1999 Funeral services for Mary Pauline Hale, 83, of Gilmer will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Knight and Rev. Gary Hill officiating. Burial will be at Gilmer City Cemetery. Mrs. Hale died Thursday, Aug. 26, at Hawkins. She was born April 22, 1916 at Ewell Community in Upshur County and was a life-long area resident. She was a member of Midway Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bosie E. Hale in 1995. She is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Gordon and Frances Hale of Gilmer and Barry Hale of Longview; a sister, Durene Strange of Gilmer; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and one niece and two nephews. Named pallbearers are Donald Fennell, Mike Fennell, James Pullen, Devon Roberts, Wayne Thompson, and Floyd Walker.