Carroll Jane Hale

Carroll Jane Phelps Hale, 74, loving daughter, sister, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed to her eternal reward on Saturday morning of February 14, 2015 at home surrounded by her family. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Guerrero-Dean Funeral Home, 500 E. Main Street, Grand Prairie, Texas, 75050. Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 18, at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 265 W. Pleasant Run Road, Cedar Hill, TX., 75104. Burial: Grand Prairie Memorial Gardens. Carroll Hale was born on September 14, 1940 in Whitesboro, Texas, the 2nd of 4 children born to the late Earnest Floyd Phelps and Margie Ruth Mayo Phelps. She was an athletic girl and loved playing sports in school, especially basketball. At the age of fifteen, she would marry the late George Glen Hale. Because of his employment with LTV, they would settle in Grand Prairie where she would spend the rest of her life. While able to do so, she would work for several employers, including the Grand Prairie Independent School District where she worked with special needs children, and Vought. Carroll was an engaging person, easy to talk with and always interested in helping others. Her yard was always beautiful. She loved being in the sun and working with her hands. Her passion for sports would never diminish. She was a faithful fan of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, ecstatic when they would win the NBA Championship. More than anything, Carroll enjoyed helping others. She loved each day of life, always striving to be a better follower of Christ. Isaiah, in the Old Testament stated her life theme. "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Those who will miss her most dearly include her children; Phil Hale and his spouse Debbie, Tammy Hale, Angela Hale Jones and her spouse Brent; grandchildren, Megan Jones Lambe and her spouse Jordan, Glen Jones, Sarah Hutchinson and her spouse Chad, Lauren Witt; great-grandchildren, Juliette Lambe, Case Hutchinson: mother, Margie "Grandma" Phelps; siblings, Linda Phelps Wilson and her spouse Bill, Johnny Phelps and his spouse Judy.

Carroll Jane Hale

September 14, 1940 - February 14, 2015