LOUIE FREDERICK HACKEL
Louie Frederick Hackel, b ca 1910 - was a 1926 graduate of Marlin High
School, and a son of Peter Frank and Viola Elizabeth (Davidson) Hackel who came
to Marlin from Corsicana in 1906 with their five children.
Prior to moving to Marlin, Peter Frank and Viola Elizabeth Hackel made a
trip through Marlin, and when they saw the old elementary school building, they
were so impressed that they made plans to move to Marlin to make their and
rear and educate their children.
When Louie's brother, Frank, established the Hackel Motor Company in
1932, Louie became associated with it as owner and operator of the service
station connected with the business. In 1949, when Frank expanded the business
by moving to large quarters and the service station discontinued, Louie became
manager of the Parts and Service Department, and he and another brother, Leroy,
joined the Hackel Motor Company as partners. Hackel Motor Company was the dealer
for Chrysler, Plymouth, and Dodge automobiles, Dodge trucks, and Oliver
tractors. When the business was sold August 8,1968 to Ralph James and Dick
Gordon Garrett, Louie continued as manager of the Parts and Service Department
for the Garrett Motor Company until his retirement in January 1973.
On June 11, 1939 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas, Louie Fredrick Hackel
was married to Martell Lake Hunt, of Klondike. At the time of their marriage,
Martell was teaching first grade in the Marlin Independent School District, and
she retired in May 1974, after a teaching career in Marlin of Thirty-five years.
Louie Fredrick Hackel attended the University of Texas in Austin after
his graduation from Marlin High School; a member of the First Baptist Church,
and the Masonic Lodge. He and Martell were the parents of one daughter:
Pamela Beth Hackel, who married Douglas Ward, and had two daughters:
Laura Beth Ward, and Angela Lynn Ward. The family resides in DeSoto, Texas.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of
these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 206 column 1 and 2.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.
