Lale, Max Sims 

MARSHALL -- Services for Max Sims Lale, 89, of Fort Worth, 
formerly of Marshall, will be noon Tuesday, April 25, 2006, 
at Trinity Episcopal Church in Marshall, with Father John 
Himes officiating. Burial will be in Colonial Gardens Cemetery 
with full military honors. Arrangements are by Downs Funeral 
Home. Mr. Lale died April 22, 2006, at his residence. Born 
August 31, 1916, in Shawnee, Okla., he was a former Marshall 
city commissioner and Chamber of Commerce president, as well 
as a decorated combat veteran of World War II, author of 
several books relating to local history and a member of 
Trinity Episcopal Church since 1946. Survivors include his 
wife, Cissy Stewart; and brothers, Newton A. Lale Jr. and 
Wallace R. Lale. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. today, April 24, 
2006, at the funeral home. Online sympathies may be made to 
the family by e-mail at keithadowns@aol.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 4/24/2006.