Mildred Ione Dekle Hale Cliett

Services for Mildred Ione Dekle Hale Cliett, 79 of Cairo will be held 11:00 am, Saturday, October 20, 2012 at First Church of the Nazarene. Rev. Rick Mann will officiate and interment will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Cliett passed away October 18, 2012 in Cairo. Born October 19, 1932 in Pelham, GA, she was the daughter of the late Forest Dekle and Oeida Bowles Dekle Griner. Mrs. Cliett was married to Edison W. Cliett who survives. She was a member of Pine Level Baptist Church and was retired from Finishing Touches Flower Shop in West Palm Beach, Fl. She is survived by her children, Tommy Lamar Hale and wife Tammy, Billy Ray Hale, Kenneth Wayne Hale and wife Diane, Carl Lavon Hale and wife Brenda, Felicia Ann Hale Bragg and husband Jimmy all of Thomasville, Pamela Frances Hale Wilcox and husband Tony of Ochlocknee; step-son, Andy Martinez of New Mexico; 10 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; sister, Mamie Horton of Cairo. She was preceded in death by daughter, Esther Marie Hale; brothers, Ben Dekle, William R. Griner, Jr, Mack Howard Dekle; sisters, Jewel Gilliard, Ruby Harrison, Annie Mae Harrison and daughter-in-law, Faye Hale. The family will receive friends 7-9 pm, Friday, October 19 at Allen & Allen Funeral Home. Guests may sign the online register at www.allenfh.com