Celebrating Tony Yount

Honoring the Life and Legacy of Tony Yount

This is a site celebrating Tony Yount. He was a brother, uncle, friend, explorer, photographer, and teacher extraordinaire.

Here, we share the stories of those whose lives he impacted, as well as some of his writings.

Tony’s celebration of life recording

Share your stories

How did Tony impact your life? Do you want to share that story with others? Submit it here to create a “yearbook” of stories.

Share your story

Read Tony’s words

Tony was a history teacher and a keen observer of politics and how our country operated. He shared his perspectives in writing on social media. We gather those writings here for all to read.

Read his writing

Keep his impact going

Tony commented to his friends and family that he wished he’d had ten more years to live. We certainly do too. So to that end, we are keeping his impact going for at least ten more years by providing financial support for people to experience some of the activities that Tony enjoyed in the four communities he loved so much.

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If you are here but don’t really know Tony

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Tony was born in Concord, North Carolina to Rev. Glenn and Doris Yount on March 15, 1950. He attended high school at Hickory High and graduated in 1968. He went on to earn Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Education from UNC-Chapel Hill.

He worked as a teacher in the Chapel Hill/ Carrboro schools for his entire career, enriching the lives of countless students at Guy B. Phillips Jr. High and Chapel Hill High School.

After his retirement from the classroom, he moved west to Montana, but then returned to work at UNC-Chapel Hill as an academic advisor for multiple athletic teams.

Throughout his life, he enjoyed summers at Lutheridge, extensive travel, especially to the American West, Carolina athletics, and spending time with friends, family, and former students.

He was thankful for one final National Park trip this summer with loved ones.

In notes that Tony left his family and friends, he mentioned the “four loves of his life” – Lutheridge, UNC, the American West, and his circles of friends. Stories from those 4 areas are shared here by all who were part of those loves.

Working summers at Lutheridge in Western North Carolina

Athletics at the University of North Carolina (UNC)

Exploring the American West with a particular fondness for Yellowstone National Park

The circles of friends from Lutheridge, UNC, and the schools where he taught

Tony visiting the same spot in Yosemite over a fifty year span
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