He was educated at the Collierville High School, before studying at Sewanee: The University of the South, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1921.
[3] He was consecrated on May 4, 1944, in St Philip's Church in Charleston, South Carolina, by Presiding Bishop Henry St. George Tucker.
He died in office on June 12, 1960, in Seabrook Island, South Carolina.
He was found dead on the floor of his room, the death being the result of an Intracerebral hemorrhage.
His funeral was held at St Philip's Church on June 14 and he was buried in the cemetery of the University of the South.