HALES, C.M., 24 Oct. 1927 - 12 Jun 2003. (native Boaz Ala., s/o Cam & Margaret Smith Hales.)
Born near Boaz, Alabama, he was the youngest of the five children of the late Cam and Margaret Smith Hales. He was a graduate of Boaz High School and Snead Junior College in Boaz.
During World War II, he served in the U. S. Army Air Corps as a C-47 pilot in the European Theatre of Operation. On October 5, 1944, he married the former Virginia Ann Weaver in San Antonio, Texas. After being discharged from the military, he attended the Colorado School of Mines. After his graduation in 1948, the couple moved to Pierce, Florida. In 1952, they moved to Columbia, where he worked for Monsanto Company. After nearly 35 years, he retired in October 1986, his last assignment as head of the Mining Department.
Mr. Hales was also active in civic and community affairs for a number of years including memberhip in the Columbia Kiwanis Club.
His father died when he was about twelve years old, and Cam helped his mother run the family farm during the Depression. Throughout his life, he demonstrated how he was always willing to pull his share of the load. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend, will be greatly missed.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia, August 21, 1988; a brother, Frank Hales, and sisters, Gladys Downes, Lydia Collier, and Mildred Miller.
Abridged from Oakes & Nicholes web site, 13 Jun 2008. Obituary sent by Mary Bob Richardson 26 Jul 2016
