Leighton R. Hiott was born April 24, 1943, on the Braham farm near Olar, South Carolina, to a family of sharecroppers. The family moved to the town of Bamberg in 1944.
The second of ten children, ...ver maisLeighton R. Hiott was born April 24, 1943, on the Braham farm near Olar, South Carolina, to a family of sharecroppers. The family moved to the town of Bamberg in 1944.
The second of ten children, he attended grades 1 through 12 in Bamberg, South Carolina.
Upon graduation from Bamberg HS in 1961, he enlisted in the US Army.
Leigh Hiott worked in construction work as a pipe fitter and ultimately as a mechanical superintendent for over forty-five years. He retired in 2009 to care for his wife, who had heart valve surgery.
He has published a collection of short stories, Palmettoes and Moonbeams (Carolina Vignettes), with American Star.
He has also written seven songs that have been recorded as demos: http://www.jango.com/music/Leigh+Hiott+Songwriter.ver menos