Knoxville, TN – Patricia P. Ballenger Hale, age 65, departed this life on March 13, 2019 at UT Medical Center. She was a graduate of Austin East High School, Class of 1971. Patricia was employed at UT Medical Center as a Surgical Technician for many years. As a young woman, she married the love of her life, William Hale, Sr. and to this union two children were born. Patricia was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend.
Preceded in death by her daughter, Regina Renee Hale;parents, David Patrick and Naomi Ballenger; brothers, Shaheed (Ballenger) Abdullah and David Ballenger; sisters, Mary Alice Ballenger-Edwards, Bealma Hairston and Josephine Mitchell; in-laws, John and Hattie Hale.
Left to cherish her memory: husband, William Hale, Sr.; son, William Hale, Jr.; grandson, Donovan Hale; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Hale Anderson and Phyllis Hale Ssekasozi; ; a host of other family and friends to include Benjamin (Rosita) Davis of Woodbridge, VA and Ernestine Harris.
Wednesday, March 20, 2019, the family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with funeral to follow at Greater Bush Grove Baptist Church, 1455 W. Fourth Avenue, Knoxville, TN. Reverend Eugene R. Carter, Jr. officiating. Interment will immediately follow at Highland Memorial (Sutherland Avenue) where a white dove release will conclude the service. Flowers may be delivered to the church the morning of the funeral. Professional arrangements entrusted to Patton Funeral Home