Hal Conn Dilworth, Jr., 81, of Hinkle, passed away on December 3, 2024 in Huntsville, AL. Though named after his father, Hal marked his own course from the very beginning. The only child of Margaret Grace Trussell of LA and Hal Conn Dilworth of MS, spent his childhood moving around the US. He graduated from East Jefferson High School in Metairie, LA in 1961, the University of Mississippi in 1965 with a Bachelors in speech, and earned his JD from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1973. Hal enlisted in the US Army in 1967 and was sent to Vietnam in 1969 as a helicopter mechanic before eventually earning his flight wings. He retired in 2002 after 31 years of service as Lieutenant Colonel Judge Advocate General, earning a Bronze Star, Vietnam Service Medal of Valor and various other awards.
Hal loved his family and his farm. He met his wife, Maggie, while on leave from Vietnam in Sydney, Australia in 1969. They raised 3 daughters mostly in Huntsville, AL before retiring to the family farm in Hinkle. After years as a hobby pilot, Hal’s passion in retirement, was climbing onto his backhoe to clear out a ditch or bush hogging a trail through the woods along the creek. Hal was a loving, supportive, wise, and entertaining father and grandfather. He served his community for years as president of the Redstone Arsenal Flying Club in Huntsville, and locally as a member of the Roscoe-Turner Alcorn County Airport board, Corinth Rotary Club, and New Hope Presbyterian Church.
Hal is preceded in death by his parents, Margaret and Hal Dilworth. He is survived by his wife, Margaret May Dilworth; daughters, Kathryn Dilworth (Luke), Heather Dilworth-Schrimsher (Jon), and Pamela Dilworth (Karl); and grandchildren, Ben Malone (Baylee), Hayden Malone (Henry), Soren Dilworth, Colin Dilworth, Adeline Schrimsher, and Brooks Schrimsher.
Services will be held on Saturday, December 7, 2024 at McPeters Funeral Home. The visitation will be at noon and funeral service at 2pm, followed by a graveside service at Hinkle Creek Cemetery next to the Hinkle Baptist Church.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com for the Dilworth family.
