He was a retired employee of the City of Newbern and a member of Hawthorne Baptist Church in Dyersburg.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Hogue and the Rev. Barry Greenlee officiating. Burial will be in Yorkville Cemetery.
The family will receive visitors at 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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