ÿþ<table width="250" border="1" align="center" cellpadding ="0"cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr align="center" valign="top"> <td height="200"><p><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br> <span class="style37"><SPAN STYLE= "" >Novella Hale</SPAN> <br> - </span></p><table width="240" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td class="style20"><div align="justify"><SPAN STYLE= "" >Funeral services for former Ida-bel resident Novella Rankin Hale, 82, Wynnewood, will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, at the Pickard Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by the Rev. John Norvelle. Burial will follow at Maxwell Cemetery Oil Center.<BR>Hale died Nov. 2, 2008. She was born Aug. 8, 1926, in Asher to Oscar and Ola (Neal) Rankin. She was married to Dr. Eugene Hale in Oklahoma City on Sept. 1, 1950. A nurse, she was a member of the Episcopal Church.<BR>She is preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Eugene Hale.<BR>Survivors include two daughters, Gina Hale of Oklahoma City and Felicia Bell of Carrolton, Texas; one son, Paul Branch of the Phillip-ines; three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.<BR></SPAN> </div></td></tr></table></table>