Martha Rebecca Clendenon Hale, 76

A retired employee of Spencer Manufacturing Shirt Company and a member of the Piney Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Loyd and Eula Clendenon and was preceded in death by brothers, Harold and Milton Clendenon; sisters, Clata Rhea Clendenon and Frances Clendenon and granddaughter, Falon Hale.

She is survived by daughter and fianc?, Denise Argo and Jimmy Nation; son and daughter-in-law, Gerald and Bonnie Hale; daughter and son-in-law, Glenna and Billy Shockley, all of Spencer; sisters and brothers, Hazel Shockley, Juanita Shockley, Betty Keener, Ruby DeCoursey, Jewell Clendenon, Junior Clendenon and Cleston Clendenon; grandchildren, Kevin Argo, Becky Simmons, Dayne Argo, Kaleena Nelson, Pam Jones, Crystal Vinson and Armindy Bigley; great-grandchildren, Ally, Jocelyn and Kelysie Simmons, Dayne Argo Jr., Kalee and Athiena Nelson, Avery McGinnis, Shirley Childress and Seth and Isaiah Vinson; several nieces and nephews.

Services were held Saturday at Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home in Spencer with Bobby Wilhite and Olen Mooneyham officiating. Burial followed at Molloy Cemetery.

Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home Spencer Chapel was in charge of arrangements.

Southern Standard

(McMinnville, Tenn.) July 30, 2006