Thomas Leon Yother was the 2nd of 5 children born to Delta Dave & Velma Rebecca Yother. Leon graduated from Emma Sansom High School and Jacksonville State University, in Alabama. He married Doris June Gray on July 24, 1953, and they had three children, Denise, Thomas and Gregory.
Leon served in the US Army during the Korean War. In his career, he worked primarily in the engineering field, most recently as a technical writer in the aerospace industry in Huntsville, AL, from where he retired.
A favorite "hobby" was music. He was the allstate bass horn player and played the French horn and the guitar in his high school band; played in the Auburn University concert band; sang in his Methodist church quartet; and was a co-founder in 1967 of the well-known Dixieland jazz band, "The Southern Comforts", who played for benefits and charities and donated all proceeds to their hosts. Leon was also a longtime member of the Cahabas Shriners.
A second hobby, and just as important to him and his family, whom he loved, was researching and documenting his father's (the Yothers) and his mother's (the Powells) families' histories and genealogies, accumulating over 7,000 members in his family tree.
Some of Leon's final words were, "I want to see Jesus" and "I love the Lord".
Leon served in the US Army during the Korean War. In his career, he worked primarily in the engineering field, most recently as a technical writer in the aerospace industry in Huntsville, AL, from where he retired.
A favorite "hobby" was music. He was the allstate bass horn player and played the French horn and the guitar in his high school band; played in the Auburn University concert band; sang in his Methodist church quartet; and was a co-founder in 1967 of the well-known Dixieland jazz band, "The Southern Comforts", who played for benefits and charities and donated all proceeds to their hosts. Leon was also a longtime member of the Cahabas Shriners.
A second hobby, and just as important to him and his family, whom he loved, was researching and documenting his father's (the Yothers) and his mother's (the Powells) families' histories and genealogies, accumulating over 7,000 members in his family tree.
Some of Leon's final words were, "I want to see Jesus" and "I love the Lord".
Thomas Leon Yother was the 2nd of 5 children born to Delta Dave & Velma Rebecca Yother. Leon graduated from Emma Sansom High School and Jacksonville State University, in Alabama. He married Doris June Gray on July 24, 1953, and they had three children, Denise, Thomas and Gregory.
Leon served in the US Army during the Korean War. In his career, he worked primarily in the engineering field, most recently as a technical writer in the aerospace industry in Huntsville, AL, from where he retired.
A favorite "hobby" was music. He was the allstate bass horn player and played the French horn and the guitar in his high school band; played in the Auburn University concert band; sang in his Methodist church quartet; and was a co-founder in 1967 of the well-known Dixieland jazz band, "The Southern Comforts", who played for benefits and charities and donated all proceeds to their hosts. Leon was also a longtime member of the Cahabas Shriners.
A second hobby, and just as important to him and his family, whom he loved, was researching and documenting his father's (the Yothers) and his mother's (the Powells) families' histories and genealogies, accumulating over 7,000 members in his family tree.
Some of Leon's final words were, "I want to see Jesus" and "I love the Lord".
Leon served in the US Army during the Korean War. In his career, he worked primarily in the engineering field, most recently as a technical writer in the aerospace industry in Huntsville, AL, from where he retired.
A favorite "hobby" was music. He was the allstate bass horn player and played the French horn and the guitar in his high school band; played in the Auburn University concert band; sang in his Methodist church quartet; and was a co-founder in 1967 of the well-known Dixieland jazz band, "The Southern Comforts", who played for benefits and charities and donated all proceeds to their hosts. Leon was also a longtime member of the Cahabas Shriners.
A second hobby, and just as important to him and his family, whom he loved, was researching and documenting his father's (the Yothers) and his mother's (the Powells) families' histories and genealogies, accumulating over 7,000 members in his family tree.
Some of Leon's final words were, "I want to see Jesus" and "I love the Lord".
