 He was a lifetime member of Rotary International and the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.He was married to Mary Hardin for 67 years until her death; he would remarry to Edna Lytle.At the time of his death on January 9, 2003, at the age of 103, his jersey was one of 41 retired jerseys hanging in Rupp Arena, (with his name only, as the jerseys did not have numbers during his era), and he was the oldest living former University of Kentucky athlete.