Judge Thomas Dillon served as a judge for over twenty years in Georgia, and prior to his appointments he practiced law as a trial lawyer in Atlanta and was elected three terms to the Georgia legislature. Dillon was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and has a bachelor’s degree from Asbury College, a master’s degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a doctor of law degree from John Marshall Law School, with additional graduate work at Harvard Law School. Always active in the church, Dillon, a deacon and Sunday school teacher, and his wife of sixty-five years, Frances Chambers Dillon, retired and moved to St. Johns, Florida where he was able to complete The Road to Glory.