Jeffrey Wallace Amling

1960 - 2024

Jeffrey Wallace Amling passed away on April 18, 2024 at Bethany House following a ten year battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 63. Jeff grew up in Auburn as part of the Auburn High School class of 1978, and graduated from Auburn University with a BA in Journalism and an MA in Rural Sociology.

He served in the National Guard and the US Army from 1987-1991 with multiple deployments. Upon leaving the Army, Jeff then pursued a PhD in Rural Sociology at the University of Arizona, where he also worked as a statistician for the Tempe Police Department. Jeff later taught at Judson College, University of West Alabama, and Snead State Community College.

Jeff always loved Auburn, and contributed to the life of the loveliest village: selling Tiger Football programs as a youth, as a DJ at WAUD radio station as a young man, and near the end of his life working for Auburn Recreation at its Boykin Street facility. He was also a lifelong baseball fan and enjoyed the Atlanta Braves no matter their league standing.

Thoroughly catechized as a youth at Trinity Lutheran Church, Jeff returned to the faith late in life, humbly and joyfully resting in the mercy and grace of God.

Jeff Amling is survived by his son, Harry Amling, brother Jay Amling, and sister Jenny Wrigley. He was preceded in death by his father Harry J. Amling, and his mother Jeanne Hearn Amling.