Schools attended:
Red Oak High School - Red Oak, Texas, graduated 1938
Bethel College - McKenzie, Tennessee B.A. 1942
Cumberland Presbyterian Theological Seminary B.D. 1943
Oberlin College, Graduate School of Theology - Oberlin, Ohio 1943-1945
Louisville Presbyterian Seminary Th.M. 1948
He was awarded the honorary doctor of divinity degree by Bethel College in 1957.

Churches served:
Cool Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Trimble, Tennessee [Hopewell Presbytery] 1940-1941
West Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Millington, Tennessee [Memphis Presbytery] 1942-1943
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Knoxville, Tennessee - assistant pastor [Knoxville Presbytery] 1943
Trimble Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Trimble, Tennessee [Obion Presbytery] 1945-1946
Morella Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Kenton, Tennessee [Obion Presbytery] 1946-1947
Mt. Olivet Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky [Logan Presbytery] 1947-1949
Camden Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Camden, Tennessee [Hopewell Presbytery] 1949-1956
Tanglewood Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Tyler, Texas [McAdow Presbytery] 1956-1959]
Olney Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Olney, Texas [ Presbytery] 1959-1962
Brooksville Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Brooksville, Mississippi [Presbytery] 1962-1965
North Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Kenton, Tennessee [Obion Presbytery] 1974
Trimble Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Trimble, Tennessee [Obion Presbytery] 1975-1980
Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Sharon, Tennessee [Hopewell Presbytery] 1981-1985
Trezevant Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Trezevant, Tennessee [West Tennessee Presbytery] 1995-1999

General Secretary of Christian Education, Board of Publication and Christian Education - Memphis, Tennessee 1962-1965
Professor of Religion at Bethel College - McKenzie, Tennessee 1944-1956, 1965
Dean of Students at Bethel College - McKenzie, Tennessee 1965-1968
Member of the General Assembly's Board of Trustees of Bethel College 1958-1967
Campus Minister and of Religion at Bethel College - McKenzie, Tennessee 1968-1988
Bethel College Professor of Religion, Emeritus 1988-1999
Assistant Moderator of the 130th General Assembly in 1960
Member of the General Assembly's Board of Publication and Christian Education in 1970
Moderator of the 140th General Assembly in 1970

Books:
"An Index and Evaluation of Volume 113 of The Cumberland Presbyterian." B. Div. thesis, Cumberland Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1942.

Articles:
"The Future Is Now for Colleges." The Cumberland Presbyterian 134 (April 24, 1962): 8-9.