Christine Burnette Hale biography: 13 things about Nashville, Tennessee teacher

Who was Christine Burnette Hale?

Audrey Christine Burnette Hale was an American teacher from Tennessee, United States. She worked as a teacher in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

Christine has two younger brothers namely Arthur Gaines Burnette and Douglas Dale Burnette and four younger sisters namely Emily Rozelle Burnette Walker, Alma Burnette, Sammie V. Burnette Lavin and Clemmie Elizabeth Burnette. Walker was married to Jack M. Walker while Lavin was married to Thomas J. Lavin.

Born in Antioch, Davidson County, Tennessee, Christine was the eldest among the seven children of Samuel Young Burnette and Beulah Bowman Burnette. Christine and her husband Henry Edwin Hale have one daughter and two sons together.

Christine was 10 months younger than Henry, who died in a hospital in Nashville on December 13, 1972 at age 57. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 1950, she gave birth to Susan Hale. Susan married William “Sonny” Meadows.
2. In 1952, she and Henry bought a house in Nashville.
3. In 1955, she gave birth to Kenneth Samuel Hale. He married Lorinda Hale.
4. In 1958, she gave birth to Ronald E. Hale. He married Norma Fort Hale.
5. On August 22, 1957, her father died from pneumonia at age 76 at the Goodall Clinic in Smyrna, Rutherford County, Tennessee.
6. In 1972, she retired from the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools to take care of Henry, who was diagnosed with brain cancer.
7. On September 10, 1982, her mother died in Nashville at age 90.
8. On December 19, 1984, her brother Arthur died in Nashville at age 68.
9. On June 28, 2006, her sister Clemmie died at age 82.
10. On August 5, 2008, her sister Alma died at age 88.
11. On November 19, 2010, her sister Sammie died in Sherman, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA.
12. On November 4, 2011, she turned 96.
13. On June 13, 2012, she died in Green Hills, Nashville.

On March 27, 2023, Christine’s grandson Audrey Elizabeth Hale opened fire inside  The Covenant School n Green Hills, Nashville, killing six people. Later that day, he was fatally shot by police officers.