Todd Hilton Champion

Houston Champion. Todd died peacefully at home Thursday 9/01/2022. He lived in Chickasaw

the earlier part of his life before moving to Stapleton with his parents. Todd would share stories

of the times he spent at his dad’s Shell Service Station as a young boy. After selling the service

station, they moved to Chunchula where Todd helped work the land alongside his dad.

Eventually, his dad and mom got into trucking.Todd went on the road with his dad several

times, where at the age of thirteen he was driving his dad’s 18 wheeler like a pro! He had a love

of airplanes (Top Gun was one of his favorite movies). At nineteen he enlisted in the Air Force,

where he spent the next four years. While in the Air Force, he learned to be an Information

Technology (IT) specialist. He attended Mary G Montgomery High School. He studied General

Studies/Engineering at University of South Alabama. Todd’s work involved being an

Automation Engineer; Instrumentation and Controls Engineer. He enjoyed working with his

hands and completed several projects. One of his interest was law enforcement where he

became a member of the law enforcement reserves; and a brief period as a policeman (Blue

Bloods was a favorite TV show of his). He always had a love of cars and was especially proud

of his Corvette. A love of music came natural to Todd as he grew up listening to his dad playing

the guitar and singing. Todd played the guitar, drums and sang. At various times throughout his

life he played drums in a band. He was a fun person to be around and could keep you in

stitches laughing as he shared stories of his life. He was a beautiful and sweet soul.

Todd was preceded in death by his father, Robert Houston Champion; his brother-in-law, Jimmy Logan.

He is survived by his mother, Irene Champion of Chunchula AL; his brother, Russell (Janice)

Champion of Chunchula AL; his sisters, Barbara Champion (Carl) Purpura of Savannah GA;

Sheila Champion of Semmes AL; Dr. Wanda Champion Logan of Mobile AL; his Aunt Sue

Champion of Eight Mile AL; nephews Rusty (Haley) Champion of Orange Beach AL; Chad (Jill)

Champion of Memphis TN; Brandon Champion of Mobile AL; Bret (Cristin) Faircloth of Mobile

AL; Josh (Allison) Logan of Flower Mound TX; nieces Paige (Iain) Walker of Bolder Colorado;

Davida (Mitchell) Williams of Daphne AL; Jessica (Mikey) Ponder of Huntsville AL; lifelong

friends Bryant (Phyllis) Myles of Mobile AL and Bobby Tyler of Chickasaw AL; special and dear

friend Linda Kirksey of Fairhope AL; and a host of family and friends.

Graveside service will be at Valhalla Memorial Funeral Home, 8730 Sims Road, off Lott Road Tuesday 9/13/2022 at 10:00 am, followed by reception at Georgetown Assembly Church of God, 9436 Wilmer

Georgetown Road, Wilmer Alabama 36587. Pallbearers: Rusty Champion, Chad Champion,

Brandon Champion, Bret Faircloth, Josh Logan, Bryant Myles, Bobby Tyler, William Champion

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.RadneyFuneralHome-Saraland.com for the Champion family.