Beatrice Jessee age 74 years of 40 Newspaper Circle, Columbia, Ky.

Passed away Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007 at 9:35 P. M. at her home after an illness

She was the daughter of the late Everett & Edna Humes Hale and the

Widow of James Olie Jessee who preceded her in death on May 25, 1988, also preceded in death by one son James Dale Jessee in 1955,

And a step-son John Woodrick, Jr., preceded in death by two sisters

Bernice Veldman & Betty Sue Hale

Survived by two daughters Paula Oprzedek of Warsaw, Missouri &

Jacqueline Burton of Columbia, Ky.

Two brothers Donald Hale & his wife Gerry and Ronald Hale & his wife Karen of Columbia, Ky.

One sister Ramona Rogers & her late husband J. U. of Columbia, Ky.

Special friend John C. Woodrick of Columbia, Ky.

One half-sister Brenda Fautz of Louisville, Ky.

Two half-brothers Everett Hale, Jr. of Shepherdsville, Ky. & Larry Hale of Jeffersonville, IN

5 Grandchildren Jaclyn Oprezedek, Jason Oprezedek & his wife Dee Dee, Jamie Mathews, Edward Schroeder & Sherri Golding

Preceded in death one Grandson James Dennis Usrey, also by

One half-brother Kenny Hale

She was a loving Grandmother of 11 Great Grandchildren

She was Vice President of Adair Progress for 18 years & had worked at Universal Castings Corporation in Chicago, IL for 34 years

Funeral service Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007 at 1:00 P. M. at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home

Clergy Officiating Bro. Stanley Watson

Interment in Harrods Fork Cemetery

Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home in charge of funeral arrangements

Visitation after 1:30 P. M. Saturday

Visitation : after 1:30 P. M. Saturday Feb. 24 2007 at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home

Services : Sunday Feb. 25 2007 at 1:00 P. M. at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home

Interment : Harrods Fork CemeteryN