He was a retired state employee who served with the Tennessee Highway Department for 37 years, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Main Street Church of Christ.
Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday at the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with Bro. Olin Kern officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern.
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