He was a retired heavy-equipment operator, a member of the Operator Engineers Local 150 in Gary, Ind., since 1958, and a member of Dyersburg Church of God.
Services were at 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Brother Mitchell Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens.
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