Belle and Piper Hale

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, October 31, 2006

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – Our precious little princesses Belle Elizabeth Morgan Hale, 4, and Piper Aurora Marie Hale, 3, returned to their Heavenly Father’s arms and an embrace of perfect love, to care for them for all eternity, on Oct. 27, 2006.

Belle was born in Kissimme, Fla., on Aug. 10, 2002, and Piper was born a year later on Aug. 11, 2003, also in Kissimmee. Belle and Piper’s sweet and loving personalities made them a joy to be around, whether they were playing, singing or loving the world around them. They loved playing girly games together, but also loved the pretend world of Power Rangers with their brothers, Tyler and Phillip. They were a close-knit family and loved attending church together. They had a tremendous influence for good on all who knew and loved them and they were an example of love to everyone. Belle and Piper were more than sisters; they were each other’s best friends. In life they were not divided, and in death they were not separated. They were the daughters of Samuel Edmond Hale and Kira Brianna Bowden Hale, who survive. They were preceded in death by two great-grandfathers, W. Fabian Garrett and Pete Gunter; a great-grandmother, Hazel Mozelle Hale; and a cousin, Selena Haire.

Services are at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday at Kays-Ponger Funeral Home in Port Charlotte, with burial in Restlawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation is from 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. EST Wednesday at the funeral home.

E-mail messages of condolence may be sent to BelleandPiper@hotmail.com

An account has been set up at Sun Trust Bank for the benefit of the Hale Family, trustee, Lucy Newton, (941) 637-4604.

Other survivors include two brothers, Tyler L. Bowden and Phillip L. Hale; two grandfathers, James E. Hale Jr., and William H. Bowden; two grandmothers, Susan G. Hale, formerly of Bowling Green, Ky., and Glenda F. Hall; a great-grandfather, James E. Hale Sr.; two great-grandmothers, Lula D. Garrett and C. Marie Gunter; two uncles, Douglas M. Hale and Jeffrey W. Mathis; three aunts, Lois Hale and her husband, Douglas, Rozlyn Hale and Cynthia L. Mathis; five cousins, Braxton L. Kirgan, Mandi S. Button and her husband, Caleb, Elise S. Haire, Jennifer A. Haire and Timothy L. Haire; and second cousins, Takoda Button and Stephan Miller and his wife, Jennifer Haire.