F. Hale Jennings Jr.

LEWISVILLE - Mr. F. Hale Jennings Jr., 79, died Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at his home. He was born Dec. 5, 1923, in Grayson County, Va., to Fielden Hale Jennings Sr. and Ollie Poole Jennings. Mr. Jennings was an avid hunter. He was retired from Advance Milling Co., a division of Lewisville Roller Mills, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II at the Battle of the Bulge and Utah Beach. Mr. Jennings was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Paul, Charlie and Gwyn; and three sisters, Ethel, Hallie and Lettie. He is survived by his wife, Edith Sites Jennings of the home; a daughter, Myra J. Huffman and husband Jim of Lewisville; a son, Monte Jennings and wife Robin of Yadkinville; four grandsons, David Huffman and wife Amy of Nashville, Tenn., Keith Huffman and wife Dana of Wake Forest, Bryson Jennings and wife Sarah of Yadkinville and Aaron Jennings of Yadkinville; two great-grandchildren, Drew and Maggie; two sisters, Elva J. Griffith and husband Kelly of Shalotte and Grace J. Phillips of Lewisville; a brother, Roy Jennings and wife Ocie of Winston-Salem; and a special sister-in-law, Dorothy Jennings of Lewisville. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lewisville Baptist Church with the Rev. Jeff Priest, the Rev. Ralph Stanley Sr. and the Rev. Keith Huffman officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with military rites by District 11 Memorial Honor Guard. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 this evening at Hayworth-Miller Kinderton Chapel. Memorials may be made to Lewisville Baptist Church, P.O. Box 327, Lewisville, NC 27023 or Hospice & Palliative CareCenter, 1100-C S. Stratford Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27103. The family wishes to send a special thank you to Dr. Walter Wray and nurse Sheryl Thorpe and the dedicated and caring nursing staff of Hospice, also private-duty nurse MaryAnna Gardner and Dr. Laura Culp and the staff of Carolina Urological.