He was a retired farmer, a retired correctional officer from Lake County Regional Correctional Facility, a member of Hathaway and Cottonwood Grove Baptist churches, and a former staff sergeant with the United States Air Force during the Korean Era.
Services were at 11 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church in Ridgely with the Rev. Carl Southerland officiating. Curry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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