Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory. Attended Cameron State School of Agriculture and Hills Business College. Married Winifred Carden December 23, 1932. They had four children. Served with the U.S. Marine Corps in Nicaragua 1928 to 1929. With construction battalion in the South Pacific during WWII. He was active with the VFW for 54 years.

Employed as Clerk of Oklahoma Supreme Court, assistant secretary to the State School Land Commission. Owner of a grocery store. He contributed the "Delmas Speaks" column to the Del City News. He wrote articles on philatelics and was editor of the Precancel Stamp Society Journal.

Owned a coin shop in Del City, Oklahoma. Author of United States Major and Minor Mint Error Types in 1964.

bio by correspondence with daughter, 1993