He was a retired clerk for the U.S. Postal Service, a member and Sunday school teacher of First United Methodist Church, a retired auctioneer and real estate broker with R.N. LeDuke & Son Auction and Real Estate Company, member of Harmony Lodge #184, 50-year Mason, member of the Eastern Star, Grand Patron for the State of Tennessee, Worthy Patron at Tiptonville Lodge No. 185, vice mayor and alderman of Tiptonville from 1993-2003, auctioneer for Obion County Fair Junior Livestock Show for 50 years and member of Obion County Fair Hall of Fame.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ed Endsley and Cassandra Chadwick officiating. Burial will be in Tiptonville City Cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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