- Worship Leader for over 60 years
- Ordained Minister for 48 years
- Married to Linda Dooley for 55 years
- 6 children, 9 grandchildren;
- Retired several times
- Also teaching full-time at Mid America Baptist Theological Seminary
- First produced “The Singing Christmas Tree” in 1976, with a record attendance as high 56,000.
- Introduced an Easter program, “Living Pictures”, in 1981 which evolved into “The Memphis Passion Play”
- In 1984, began an annual patriotic program, “Celebrate America”
- Under his direction Bellevue Baptist Church choirs sang at seven annual meetings of the Southern Baptist Convention
- In 1997 and 2006, served as Music Director for the Southern Baptist Convention
