Thomas Eugene “Hub” Upton, 86, of Huntsville died Tuesday. Tom was born and raised in Maryville, TN. He graduated from Maryville High School and attended Maryville College where he excelled in football and basketball until sidelined by serious ankle and eye injuries. While in college Tom met the love of his life, Dorothy “Pinkie” Hoyle. They married in 1955 and had three children together.
Tom enjoyed a varied career and found his niche in the travel industry, in which he worked for United Air Lines for 20 years and in 1979 left to join Christopher Travel Agency. Tom was also active in the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce. He had a great singing voice and was active in the church choir and competitive barbershop singing.
Tom was preceded in death by Pinkie in 2007. Survivors include sons Bradley H. Upton of Corvallis, OR and Ben A. Upton of Las Cruces, NM; daughter Elizabeth Upton Ambroz; and grandsons Reid T. Ambroz and Evan C. Ambroz of Huntsville, AL.
Visitation will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, July 22 at Laughlin Service Funeral Home.
Donations may be made to Alabama Public Broadcasting, www.aptv.org, 800-239-5233.
