Age 48 - Services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in the Fletcher Christian Church, with Jim Hall, Minister, officiating. Mr. Hale died Saturday. Burial will be in the Sterling Cemetery under the direction of Becker Funeral Home of Fletcher (Formerly Robbins Funeral Home). He was born August 21, 1960 in Lawton to Billy James and Nancy (Hanks) Hale. He attended the Stoney Point and Sterling Schools before graduating from Elgin High School in 1978. He was raised on the family dairy farm. He was an auto body man for several years, and he airbrushed horse trailers. Rusty loved to fish and hunt. He was a heavy equipment operator and was a member of the Sterling Baptist Church. He is survived by his mother of the home; 2 brothers, Craig Hale and his wife Paula of Sterling and Clayton Hale and Kathy Nickell of Fletcher; 2 sisters and brothers-in-law, Cindy and Trent Moser and Pollyanna and Brack Bruce all of Fletcher; 9 nieces and nephews, Charlie Hale, Chizum Hale, Cassie Allison, Kelsey Jo Hale, Ty Cunningham, Toni Meier and her husband Aaron, Jake Moser, Devon Miller and Jozey Miller; several cousins; and many aunts and uncles. His father preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Fletcher Christian Church, Building Fund, PO Box 310, Fletcher, OK 73541.