Ramon Grady Hale

Surrounded by his loving family, Ramon Grady Hale, aged 78 years, of Miami, Oklahoma passed away peacefully, on the evening of Saturday, July 14, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa after a sudden illness. Ramon Hale was the 5th child of Guy M. and Lela (Moore) Hale of Stark City, Missouri. His siblings include the late Owen Gordon Hale of Miami; Lela Frances (Hale) Brady, late of Rolla, Missouri; the late Paul V. Hale of Miami; and his surviving brother, Loren Don Hale of Miami. Ramon graduated from Midway High School, located east of Neosho, Missouri. In August of 1952, he married the love of his life, Georgia “Sparkle” Sparlin, literally the girl next door. They moved to Miami from Stark City, MO after their marriage and have lived here ever since. Ramon and Sparkle would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary next month. Ramon retired from Miami’s B.F. Goodrich Manufacturing in 1985, where he worked in the shipping department. He was promoted to foreman and moved to the receiving department, where he worked until his retirement. Mr. Hale later worked in the receiving department of Missouri Southern State University from which he retired in 1996. Ramon Hale was a proud and loving father to Stephen Ellis Hale and wife Carol, of Burleson, Texas; Barbara Lynn Hale Couch of Wichita Falls, Texas; and Wesley Andrew Hale and his wife Holly, of Kimberling City, Missouri. His nine grand-daughters and their families are: Dr. Miranda Johnson, her husband Steven and their son R.J.; Natalie and Rich Andes; Mariah and husband David Pyles and her children Kayla and Kyle; Hilary Couch and her fiancé David Rowe; Lauren, her husband John Paul Gonzales and their daughter Naomi; Lindsay Couch, Victoria Hale, Kayla Hale, and Ashlyn Hale. Mr. Hale was member of the First United Methodist Church in Miami, a 32nd Degree member of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of Tulsa, and a member of the Miami Masonic Lodge. He was a Life Member and a Past Exalted Ruler of the Miami B.P.O.Elks Lodge, and a former Northeast Oklahoma District Deputy of the B.P.O.E. Ramon was an active volunteer at the Dobson Museum in downtown Miami, and was previously involved in delivering Meals on Wheels to elderly and disabled citizens of Miami. The family will be receiving visitors at their home on Wednesday, July 18th from 6:00 until 7:30. Funeral Services for Ramon will be on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 2:00 PM with Reverend Danny Burleson officiating. Interment will follow in the Glen-Abbey Memorial Gardens in Miami under the direction of the Brown-Winters Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Miami. Friends and family may leave notes of encouragement to the family by viewing Ramon’s tribute page at www.brown-winters.com.

Ramon Grady Hale

October 19, 1933 - July 14, 2012