He was a member of Cottonwood Grove Baptist Church and a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday at Cottonwood Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Mackie Prince and the Rev. Ralph Buckley officiating. Burial followed in New Haven Cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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