Dr. Paul Nolen Hale, Jr.

Graveside services for Dr. Paul Nolen Hale, Jr. PH. D, P.E., age 83, of Ruston, will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Ruston, with Rev Dana Thrash officiating.

Paul was born in Galveston, Texas, on December 5, 1941, and went to his heavenly home on December 7, 2024. He was a member of Trinity Methodist Church. Paul was also a professor and Department Head of Engineering at LA Tech. and a member of ABET, Biomedical Engineering Society, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Order of Engineer of Louisiana, Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board, and was Professor Emeritus at Louisiana Tech University.

He was President of Wesley Chapel Water District, was on the North Louisiana Rehab Hospital Advisory Committee, Advisory Committee for Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce and Bossier City Chamber of Commerce and Auxiliary North Louisiana Medical Center.

He was preceded in death by his Grandpa and Grandma Wentzel of Texas; his father and mother in law, Roligh Andrews, and Cascele Hinton; father and mother, Jim and Margret Carroll, Jr.; uncles and aunts, Walter and Bonnie Feigle and Albert and Charlotte Wentzel; father, Paul Nolen Hale , Sr.; and brother in law Woody Allen.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Frances Hale of Ruston; daughter, Tammy Hale Coberly and husband Scott of Flower Mound, Texas; son, Eric T. Hale of Baton Rouge; grandchildren, Leah Coberly, Spencer Coberly, Lydia Coberly , Katy Coberly, Sean Coberly, Abbey Coberly; sister, Susan Carroll; niece, Andrea Rhodes; 3 grand-nieces; 1 great-grandniece; cousins, Margaret and Larry Williams, A. G. and Deb Wentzel; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins, family and friends.

Honorary pallbearers are Scott Coberly and AG Wentzel.

Online condolences may be extended to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes. com.