Doris Goff Hale biography: 15 things about Joplin, Missouri native

Who was Doris Goff Hale?

Doris Dean Goff Hale was an American woman born in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, United States to Albert Maywood Goff and Carrie Lobdell Goff. Albert was born in Pendleton, Warren County, Missouri while Carrie was born in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, USA.

Doris and her husband Rollie Scoby Hale have four sons together. He was born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA.

Rollie was 1 year older than Doris. Here are 15 more things about her:

1. In 1908, her younger sister Minnie Sarepta “Reppie” Goff Smith was born.
2. In 1921, she gave birth to Sherman Rollie Hale.
3. In 1923, she gave birth to Albert Troy Hale.
4. In 1932, she gave birth to Robert Eugene Hale.
5. In 1933, she gave birth to Billie Hale.
6. On April 19, 1941, her mother died in Woolsey, Washington County, Arkansas at age 70.
7. On April 8, 1946, her sister Vera Alberta Goff Smith died at age 44. Vera was buried in Brentwood, Washington County, Arkansas.
8. On April 12, 1951, her father died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA at age 79.
9. On July 15, 1966, her husband Rollie died at age 65. He was buried in Del City, Oklahoma County.
10. On March 6, 1974, her brother John David Goff died at age 63. He was buried in Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas, USA.
11. On May 1, 1979, her brother Fred Harvey Goff died at age 86. He was buried in Dallas Center, Dallas County, Iowa, USA.
12. On November 10, 1983, her sister Cora Ethel Goff VanDolah died in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
13. On December 6, 1989, her sister Allie Goff Caudle died at age 84. Caudle was buried in Woolsey, Washington County.
14. On August 17, 1989, she turned 86.
15. On April 12, 1990, she died in Midwest City, Oklahoma County.

On March 5, 1997, James Allen Coddington, then 24, attacked Albert in Choctaw, Van Buren County, Arkansas. On March 6, 1997, the latter died from blunt force head trauma at Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City.

In August 2003, Coddington was sentenced to death. On August 25, 2022, he was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma, Oklahoma.