Dennis R. Hale, son of William Hale and the late Iva Jane Stewart Hale, was born at Dexter on March 20, 1972, and died at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on Monday, Jan. 10. 2004, at the age of 31.

Mr. Hale was a resident of Perryville and worked for Gilster-Mary Lee in Perryville.

Survivors include his father and stepmother, Bill and Kathy Hale of Advance; one daughter, Autumn Hale of Marble Hill; two brothers, Richard and Ronnie Hale, both of Marble Hill; three sisters, Teresa Cureton, Melissa Devenport, and Teleitha Hulvey, all of Marble Hill.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Iva Jane Stewart Hale, on Feb. 1, 1993.

Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004, at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004, at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield.

Interment will follow in the Gravel Hill Cemetery near Bloomfield.