He was an employee of Sara Lee Water Treatment-Jimmy Dean Sausage, a veteran of the Vietnam War and Gulf War and an avid gardener.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. James Loines officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
The family will receive visitors at 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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