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Columbus Calaway Haile

12 May 1876 – 27 Nov 1963

Birth	12 May 1876
Death	27 Nov 1963
Cemetery	Spur Cemetery Spur , Dickens County , Texas , USA
Added by	Pat Kinsey on 01 Mar 2009
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34287884

Bio

Columbus Calaway Haile was the son of James Thomas Haile and Mary Beaver Hodges. He married Ethel Etta Roddy about 1899. Columbus and his brother Hodges Haile worked for the Matador Land and Cattle Company. He worked as a cook for the Spur Headquarters Ranch. Later he bought out a small store. He established the Spur Mutual Life Insurance Co in early 1920's with the caption "Let's hope you live a hundred years and I'm at your funeral with a check!" He was the president of the Dickens-Motley County Old Timers Association for many years. He was active in the community and liked to sing. Obituary for Columbus Calway Haile The Texas Spur December 5, 1963 Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church on Nov. 29 for a retired Spur stock farmer and rancher, Columbus C. Haile, 87. Rev. John Jenkins officiated and was assisted by Rev. Victor Crabtree, Dickens and Rev. Olif Haile, Plainview. Mr. Haile died in an Amarillo convalescent home on Nov. 27. He was a member of the Baptist Church. He had been a resident of Dickens County since 1895. Survivors include one sisters, Mrs. Pearl Hodges, Clyde; one brother, S.H. Haile, Amarillo; one grandson, Fred C. Haile, Spur and one granddaughter, Mrs. Annetta Lindsey, Metainie, LA. Pallbearers were Fred Hale, Shorty Smalley, Alfred Walker, Herschel Marsh, Mansell Bragg and Robert Reynolds. Burial was in Spur cemetery.

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Family

Parents

• James Thomas Haile 1843–1916
• Mary Beaver Hodges Haile 1848–1934

Spouse

• Ethel Etta Roddy Haile 1878–1960

Siblings

• George Crutcher Haile 1867–1943
• William Burder "Burt" Haile 1870–1948
• James Walter Haile 1872–1954
• Mary Thomas Haile Sampson 1873–1956
• Lutelus James "Lew" Haile 1878–1962
• Lucius Beaver Haile 1880–1956
• Dallas Mead Haile 1882–1883
• Pearl Eldora Haile Hodges 1885–1981
• Shedric Hodges Haile 1888–1971
• Homer Henry Haile 1891–1910

Children

• Frederick C "Fred" Haile 1901–1958

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