David Keith Hale

HE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE LAVENE ON NOVEMBER 22, 1954 IN LOVINGTON, NEW MEXICO. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 65 YEARS AND THREE CHILDREN.

D.K., AS HE WAS COMMONLY KNOWN, ENJOYED GARDENING AND TRAVELING WITH HIS WIFE. HE WAS A HARD WORKER WITH A STRONG WORK ETHIC. MORE THAN ANYTHING HE ENJOYED VISITING WITH HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. HE LOVED TO LAUGH AND HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. EVERYONE LOVED TO SPEND TIME WITH HIM. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHUCK WAGON GANG FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE WAS A BIG FAN OF COUNTRY MUSIC AND ATTENDED MANY CONCERTS.

IN THE EARLY 60'S HE STARTED AND RAN A SUCCESSFUL HOT OIL BUSINESS. LATER IN LIFE HE STARTED HIS TRACTOR COMPANY WHICH HE ENJOYED AND WORKED HARD AT FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER DIANE HOGAN AND HER HUSBAND CLIFF OF ODESSA; HIS SON JAMES HALE OF ODESSA; GRANDDAUGHTERS WENDY WELCH AND HER HUSBAND JUSTIN OF MIDLAND, TEXAS, SHAWNEE HALE OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, AND GRANDSONS CHASE HALE AND TYE HALE OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI. GREAT GRANDSONS BREYDEN HOGAN OF ODESSA AND KADIN WELCH AND HIS WIFE AUTUMN, WYATT AND RHETT KODY WELCH ALL OF MIDLAND, TEXAS.

HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE LAVENE HALE, HIS PARENTS AND ALL OF HIS SIBLINGS. GRANDDAUGHTER RANDI KAY HOGAN AND GRANDSON CHRIS HOGAN.

Pallbearers: Justin Welch, Kadin Welch, Breyden Hogan, Chase Hale, Dini Smith and Jerry Burton

Honorary Pallbearers: Wyatt Cy Welch and Rhett Kody Welch

A visitation will be held at Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors, located at 4635 Oakwood Drive, Odessa, Texas, 79761, on November 21, 2025, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

The funeral service will take place at the same venue on November 22, 2025, at 10:00 am.

Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home, located at 6801 E, Odessa, Texas, 79762, on November 22, 2025.