Bobby Ray Dale

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Bobby Ray Dale, 68, Equality, died 8:38 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, at his residence.

Services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, at Earl Jones Funeral Home in Equality with Dr. Roger Lyons officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, at the funeral home.

<p class="MsoPlainText">He was born July 28, 1941, in Gallatin County to Burton Dale and Lora Belle Alphin. On July 7, 1997, he married the former Susie Brooks, who survives in Equality.

<p class="MsoPlainText">He was a coal miner and a member of Equality United Methodist Church and McLain-Glover American Legion Post No. 595.

<p class="MsoPlainText">He is survived by two sons, Norman (Becky) Dale of Harrisburg and Donny (Jaclyn) Dale of Equality; two daughters, Diane (Jayme) Clifton of Harrisburg and Debbie (Ryan) Gebke of Bartelso; three sons, Brian (Tasha) Dale of Eldorado, Wade Dale of Charlevoix, Mich. and Steve (Caitlin) Hollaway of Equality; a daughter, Katie (Tony) Hall of Muddy; three brothers, Kenneth (Mary) Dale of Tempe, Ariz., Jimmy Dale of Phoenix, Ariz. and Anthony (Velma Kay) Dale of Cross Plains, Tenn.; his mother-in-law, Elsie Brooks of Equality; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times;">He was preceded in death by three brothers, Eugene, Larry and Charles Dale.</span>