- Born June 6, 1912, on a farm near Covington, TN
- Attended Tennessee Junior College
- Attended University of FL on softball scholarships
- Earned degrees in AgEd and Animal Husbandry from UF, 1938
- Established Ag Dept. at Leon High School, Tallahassee
- Assisted Coach Amos Godby with football team
- Appointed as Federal Probation Officer in 1940
- Served as Lieutenant Junior Grade with Navy Intelligence in the Pacific in WW II
- Earned law degree from UF after war while working as a State Beverage Agent
- Served in Attorney General's Office starting in 1949
- Supervised the state's Law Enforcement Div. for 11 years
- Dubbed head of the gambling "Racket Busters"
- General Counsel for Woodman Life Ins. Co., 1960
- Retired in 1979
- Died Dec. 31, 2004