The “Hal” Dennis I knew was married to Hilma Dennis. They lived on Brooks Lane in North Atmore. They had 21 children, all single births. Hal and Hilma were hard-working, good parents and good people.
Hal worked at Swift’s (timber) Mill for several decades. Hilma worked for my parents, Aimee and Bill Bartel on S. Carney St., in Atmore. Hilma did housework, cooked, and took care of me for about 14 years. She always had a smile and no one had a better laugh.
I believe “Hilly,” as I called Hilma, died in 1968. Mama didn’t tell me until I came home from college in Mississippi and prepared to move to Texas where my future husband was in pilot training. It was a hectic time, but how I wish I could have paid my respects to Mr. Hal Dennis, his children, and grands. I do know that Hal Dennis was still alive at the time of Hilma’s death. The last time I saw him, he was sitting on their front porch, rocking and seeing everybody passing by on Brooks Lane. If he wasn’t at Swift’s Mill, he was on that porch, rocking.
~ Bonnie Bartel Latino, Atmore, AL
Hal worked at Swift’s (timber) Mill for several decades. Hilma worked for my parents, Aimee and Bill Bartel on S. Carney St., in Atmore. Hilma did housework, cooked, and took care of me for about 14 years. She always had a smile and no one had a better laugh.
I believe “Hilly,” as I called Hilma, died in 1968. Mama didn’t tell me until I came home from college in Mississippi and prepared to move to Texas where my future husband was in pilot training. It was a hectic time, but how I wish I could have paid my respects to Mr. Hal Dennis, his children, and grands. I do know that Hal Dennis was still alive at the time of Hilma’s death. The last time I saw him, he was sitting on their front porch, rocking and seeing everybody passing by on Brooks Lane. If he wasn’t at Swift’s Mill, he was on that porch, rocking.
~ Bonnie Bartel Latino, Atmore, AL
