Born in Green Cove Springs, Florida. Married to Gertrude Willis. Retired civil engineer.

Killed during a robbery at his home in Cottageville, Colleton County, South Carolina, in February, 1979, the first of five people to die in a seven hour robbery and murder spree.

Suspect Gene Skaar killed himself when faced with arrest. Ronald R. Woomer was convicted and sentenced to death. He was executed by electrocution on April 27, 1990. One of the accused was coin dealer Fred Thomas Whitehead of Myrtle Beach Coins and Stamps. He was sentenced to twenty-five years as an accomplice.