Leigh Anne Taylor is an Ordained Deacon who serves Blacksburg (Virginia) United Methodist Church as Minister of Music. She received her Bachelor of Music Education from James Madison University and her Master of Music in Choral Conducting and Master of Sacred Music from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She is co-author of "Our Family Outing: A Memoir of Coming Out and Coming Through" and a frequent contributor to the Abingdon Worship Annual. She is married to Hugh Ballou and together they have 5 children and 2 grandchildren.