Oldest son of Benton Ells and Minnie Inez (Adams) Denson. Growing up, he helped his father with farming. In 1957 he graduated from Addison High School in Addison, Alabama where he excelled in football, basketball, and baseball. In the early 1960s he lived in Cullman, Alabama and operated a Sinclair gas station in downtown Cullman on US Highway 31. He later moved to Mobile, Alabama where he worked for Scott Paper Company and retired from there. He loved to go deep sea fishing and play golf. Around 2000 he moved back to Winston County, Alabama and lived on the Helicon Road between Nesmith and Helicon. In 2007 he was inducted into the Winston County Sports Hall of Fame. He died after a short battle with cancer and was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Betty Jean Denson, his son Phillip Jack Denson, and a granddaughter Haley Nicole Perry.
Oldest son of Benton Ells and Minnie Inez (Adams) Denson. Growing up, he helped his father with farming. In 1957 he graduated from Addison High School in Addison, Alabama where he excelled in football, basketball, and baseball. In the early 1960s he lived in Cullman, Alabama and operated a Sinclair gas station in downtown Cullman on US Highway 31. He later moved to Mobile, Alabama where he worked for Scott Paper Company and retired from there. He loved to go deep sea fishing and play golf. Around 2000 he moved back to Winston County, Alabama and lived on the Helicon Road between Nesmith and Helicon. In 2007 he was inducted into the Winston County Sports Hall of Fame. He died after a short battle with cancer and was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Betty Jean Denson, his son Phillip Jack Denson, and a granddaughter Haley Nicole Perry.
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