Background
Yount, Royall Austin was born on May 19, 1922 in Hickory, North Carolina, United States. Son of Floyd Stephen and Lottie May (Austin) Yount.
Yount, Royall Austin was born on May 19, 1922 in Hickory, North Carolina, United States. Son of Floyd Stephen and Lottie May (Austin) Yount.
Bachelor of Arts, Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, 1942. Master of Divinity, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina., 1945. Doctor of Divinity honorary, Newberry College, South Carolina., 1956.
Ordained to ministry Lutheran Church in American, 1945, bishop 1980. Pastor Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Tampa, Florida, 1945-1952. President Florida synod.
United Lutheran Church American, 1950-1962.
President, bishop Florida synod. Lutheran Ch.in American, Tampa, 1962.
Director board pensions Lutheran Church in American, 1978, committee member division service to military personnel, 1976.
Trustee Newberry College, since 1950. With Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, since 1950.
Married Martha Lee Townsend, June 14, 1945. Children: Royal Austin, John Timothy.