He was a retired engineer for the state of Tennessee Highway Department and retired first Sergeant from the U.S. Army and a member of Newbern Masonic Lodge No. 285.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Church Grove Cemetery in Newbern with William Edward Parnell officiating.
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