- Graduated Alexander High School
- Served in the United States Air Force for 4 years and received honorable discharge
- Worked for Johnston Lawn Mow (later became Jacobsen) in Brookhaven
- First African American supervisor and superintendent for the Jacobsen Company
- Retired after working 28 years for Jacobsen Company
- Member of Mt. Wade Missionary Baptist Church, serving as Sunday School teacher and a member of Mt. Wade Brotherhood
- 6 children and 9 grandchildren
