Funeral services for Maxine Matilda Hale Nokes, 83, of Smithville, were held July 23 at the chapel of Woodbury Funeral Home with burial following in Melton Cemetery.    
Ms. Nokes passed away July 21 at DeKalb Community Hospital. She was a member of the Short Mountain Methodist Church, a retired school teacher at Short Mountain School and Mud College and a member of the Red Hat Society and the Eastern Star.  
She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Hester Melton Hale; and siblings, Ray, Shelah, Paul and James Thomas Hale, Ruth Barrett and Dorothy McDougal.
Survivors include her four sons, Gerry (Rita) Nokes and Jeffery (Maureen) Nokes, both of Short Mountain; Nicholas (Patsy) Nokes Sr. of Liberty; and Billy (Kathy) Nokes of Pea Ridge; grandchildren, Tonya Melton, Stephanie Alexander, Bill, Wesley and Natasha Nokes, Nicholas Nokes Jr., Sarah Nokes, Hannah and Jeffery Nokes II; a sister, Marie Garrett of Short Mountain Community; and a brother, Billy Hale of Dearborne, Mich.
Pallbearers included Charles Nokes, Luke Alexander, Nick Nokes Jr., Wesley and Jeffery Nokes II, and Jacob and Jarrett Melton.
Woodbury Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
SMITHVILLE REVIEW
Smithville, TN
July 25, 2012
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