He was a retired construction worker.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. Danny Mac Hall officiating.
The family will receive visitors from noon-1 p.m. today at Dyersburg Funeral Home.
Survivors include his mother, Lela Mae Laing of Dyersburg; two sisters, Vickie Davis of Dyersburg and Cecila Laing of Texas; and a brother, Alex James Laing of Atoka.
He was preceded in death by his father, Marion Calvin Laing; and a sister, Betty Jean Hoffman.
Pallbearers will be Jerry Davis, Bobby Davis, Michael Beety and Nicholas Riddick.
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