Rollie Hale biography: 13 things about Murfreesboro, Tennessee native

Who was Rollie Scoby Hale?

Rollie Scoby Hale was born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States to David Ray Hale and Sarah Elizabeth Carlton Hale. David was born in Rocky Bayou, Izard County, Arkansas, USA while Sarah was also born in Rutherford County.

Rollie lived in Boone, Caddo County, Oklahoma, USA. His wife Doris Dean Goff Hale was born in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA.

Doris was 1 year younger than Rollie. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. On May 15, 1911, his grandfather Rev. John Abner Carlton died at age 74 and was buried in Rockvale, Rutherford County.
2. On June 9, 1921, Doris gave birth to their son Sherman Rollie Hale in Woolsey, Crawford Township, Washington County, Arkansas.
3. On March 13, 1923, Doris gave birth to their son Albert Troy Hale in Woolsey.
4. On April 20, 1928, his mother died in Washington County at age 66.
5. In 1932, Doris gave birth to their son Robert Eugene Hale.
6. In 1933, Doris gave birth to their son Billie Hale.
7. In 1935, his uncle John A. Hale died at age 79.
8. On April 19, 1941, his mother-in-law Carrie Lobdell Goff died in Woolsey at age 70.
9. On October 12, 1941, his father died in Murfreesboro at age 82.
10. On March 31, 1943, his aunt Tabitha Matilda Hale died in Big Hill, Limestone County, Texas, USA at age 82.
11. On April 12, 1951, his father-in-law Albert Maywood Goff died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at age 79.
12. On April 2, 1966, he turned 65.
13. On July 15, 1966, he died and was buried in Del City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.

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.