He served for many years on the Knoxville, Tennessee Board of Education
until his death.
Graduate of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Comedian, long a regular on the Grand Ole Opry, whose major claim to
mainstream fame was as a writer/performer on Hee Haw (1969) for most of the
show's run.
Liked to paint in oils in private life.
His RCA Victor single "Trouble in the Amen Corner" was a top-25 single
on the Billboard Country Charts in 1960.