Barbara Veronica Hylton was born in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica on January 15, 1950. An only child, she was raised by her loving family Gladys and Noel Mais and Hazel and Frank Logan. In November 1966, she moved with her family to Boston Massachusetts where she finished her high school learning. Quickly becoming popular amongst her school mates, joining the newspaper, fencing, and track clubs. In addition, she was a model doing runway shows for The Cinderella Finishing school. In 1971, while in Boston, Barbara met her future husband Dennis at a wedding when introduced by mutual friends. They married on February 16th, 1972, and moved to East Elmhurst, New York before moving to Flushing, New York later that year. In 1976, she studied Marketing at Queensboro Community College while working at Movado until 1978. During this time, they started their family with the birth of Dennis Jr. in 1972 followed by Nicole in 1979. While in New York, Barbara began her almost 30-year career with American Express in 1981 at their New York call center. During this time, she moved into many leadership roles ultimately becoming a call center manager. In 1984 she was asked to assist with the opening of the Ft. Lauderdale, FL call center where the family relocated. In 1989, she subsequently opened the Jacksonville, FL call center. During her span at American Express, she took a hiatus and worked for The University of Florida Health at Jacksonville from 1996 – 1998. After briefly living in Atlanta from 1998 – 1999, she then helped with the opening of the American Express Greensboro, N.C. call center in 2000 where she worked until 2011. Following her professional career, with the closure of the Greensboro call center, she pursued other interests including a degree in cyber security and becoming an author. Her love for reading romance novels led her to write a romance novelette entitled “I Won’t Beg for your Love “by the pseudonym R.H. Notly. She loved fashion and had countless shoes, purses, with matching attire that she would show off during her days working or at family functions. While she didn’t get to travel as much as she would like, she collected different items that represented all the places she dreamed of going, now displayed throughout the house. Barbara was called home to be with the Lord on January 31, 2022. She was preceded in death by her mother Gladys Mais, father Noel Mais, Aunt Hazel Logan, and Uncle Frank Logan. She is survived by her husband Dennis Sr., son Dennis Jr., daughter Nicole, daughter-in-law Melissa, son-in-law Marc, grand-daughters Azhaé, Makenzie, and Dilan, sisters-in-law Grace, Marcia, Dana, Faye, Veronica, Marlene, brothers-in-law Dave, Alphanso, and Mark, cousins Dorothy, Devon, Melvena, and a host of nephews, nieces, and friends.

Celebration of Life Service for Mrs. Hylton will be Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 3:00PM; Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel, 1003 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd Atlanta, GA 30310. Viewing will be Friday, February 18, 2022 from 2PM-6PM.

Due to the spread of COVID-19, we are requesting that everyone please wear a mask.

Services entrusted to Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel, (404)758-1731.