Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel
912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426
P.O. Box 295
Springfield, GA 31329
Phillip Nelson Hales
Guyton – Phillip Nelson Hales, 74, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at Effingham Hospital after a long battle with COPD.
Nelson was a retired meat cutter of over 44 years in Effingham County. He was a member of New Providence Baptist Church and served in the U.S. Navy. He loved fishing and hunting and was a member of McLaws Hunting Club. He could often be found sitting in Mack's Service Station or on the banks of the Ogeechee River making others laugh and sharing tales of hunting and fishing. He loved his family most of all and was delighted by his grandson, Ernie Sims, and granddaughter, Chloe Carson.
Nelson was preceded in death by his parents, Phillip Braxton Hales and Elizabeth Elam Hales of Pineora; sisters, Sandra Fisher, Harriette Cash; and brother, Gary Hales.
Survivors include his wife, Rachel Norton Hales; daughters, Angela Hales Burns of Savannah and Holly Hales Carson (Donovan) of Camas, WA; sister, Jessica "Bootsie" Rahn (Bobby) of Villa Rica; 2 brothers-in-law, Bill Cash and Bob Fisher; a sister-in-law, Juanita Hales; a number of nieces and nephews; and his dog, Dixie.
Visitation will be 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday in the chapel.
Interment will follow in Guyton Cemetery.
Remembrances may be given to ogeecheeriverkeeper.org or American Heart & Stroke Association, pdx.heartwalk.org in support of his daughter, Holly Hales Carson's participation in the 2013 Heart & Stroke Walk.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons
Funeral Home
Effingham Chapel
(912)754-6421