He was a self-employed welder and a retired police officer for Newbern Police Department and Dyer County Sheriff Deputy, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Newbern Masonic Lodge #285.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Waymon Hogue and the Rev. Glenn Stewart officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern.
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