Life Member - 100 Black Men of Rome-Northwest Georgia, Inc.
Charter member of the 100 Black Men of Rome and Northwest Georgia
1st African American to serve as President of the Floyd County Democratic Association
1st African American Chairman of the Rome Housing Authority Board
1st African American to serve as school principal and assistant principal in the integrated Floyd County School System.
Bachelor of Arts degree from Knoxville College; Master of Education degree from the University of Georgia; and Education Specialist (Ed.S) degree from Jacksonville State University.
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel under former GA Governor, George Busbee in 1975 and former GA Governor, Joe Frank Harris in 1983.
Recipient of a Purple Heart from the Korean Conflict and a member of Grady Mabry Post 506 of the American Legion.
Inducted into the Floyd County Democratic Hall of Fame in 1984.
