He was a retired construction worker and farmer.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity CME Church in Gates with Bishop Melvin Shaw officiating. Burial will be in Trinity Church Cemetery.
The family will receive visitors at noon-8 p.m. Friday at Thompson's Mortuary in Ripley.
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