10/08/2026
"I was born and raised as a 5th-generation Huntsvillian.
My maternal great-grandfather was a plumber who walked up Monte Sano to service Dr. Burritt's house, but whose biggest claim to Huntsville history fame is that he was witness to the will of the infamous madame Mollie Teal. He later testified at the Alabama Supreme Court, ensuring her estate was donated to the city to become Huntsville Hospital, where my mother and her 7 siblings would one day be born..."
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