THOMAS VARNON CALE

January 27, 2021

Thomas Varnon Cale, 69, died peacefully in his own home in Madison, Alabama on January 27, 2021, of a chronic cardiac condition. Tommy was born in Baptist Hospital, Birmingham, on August 24, 1951 to Ruth Varnon Cale and Robert Torrance Cale, Sr. M.D. Like his older brother before him, Tom was the Drum Major for the Hueytown High School marching band. He graduated cum laude from Birmingham-Southern College in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry. While in college, he was a member of several clubs and service organizations, and he was tapped for the Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society. After deciding against a career in medicine, Tom earned his Master’s degree in Computer Science at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He was a brilliant computer programmer and worked for many years at Intergraph in Huntsville. His two great passions were ecumenical Christianity and Alabama Crimson Tide football. He possessed a phenomenal memory for details of specific plays in specific games, and could name the players and the scores of contests dating back to his childhood. Tom will now cheer for his beloved Tide from the highest of high bleachers, where he has a reserved front-row seat on the fifty-yard line. Tommy enjoyed the company of a number of lady friends over the years, but he left no descendants, having successfully eluded matrimony and paternity. Tom is preceded in death by his parents, and he is survived by his only sibling, Robert Torrance Cale, Jr. and Terry’s family. A memorial service will be held at a later date.