- Received the Costume Designers Guild's Legacy Award in 2018.
- Served in the United States Navy for two years.
- Hired by Western Costume in 1959 and worked as a staff costumer through 1961.
- A member of Motion Picture Costumers Local 705 and the Costume Designers Guild Local 892.
- Received a lifetime achievement award from the Motion Picture Costumers group in 2013.
- Operated the Hollywood Movie Costume Museum in his hometown of Ruleville for years.
- Captain of his high school football team.
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