Leo Vail
Posted: December 4, 2020
MILLPORT, Ala. – Leo Vail, 95, died Dec. 1, 2020, at his residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Dowdle Funeral Home, with Max Bobbitt officiating. Burial will follow in Springhill Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Dowdle Funeral Home of Millport is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Vail was a veteran of the Army and was formerly employed as an airplane mechanic with the Columbus Air Force Base, as a mechanic with Texaco and Earl Shaw’s Tire Center and as owner of H & L Texaco. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife, Charlotte Vail. He is survived by his son, Jimmy Vail; sister, Doris Hudson; one grandchild; and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Terry Fields, Danny Shaw, Walker Shaw, Brandon Shaw, Lynn Shaw and Earl Shaw.