He was a retired employee of Tom's Peanuts, a member of Phillips Street Church of Christ and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with Brother Dustin Forthum officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg.
The family will receive visitors at 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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