He was born May 19, 1919, in Ridgley, to the late Horace and Georgia Smith Counts. He was a farmer.
There were no immediate survivors.
Graveside services, under the direction of Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home, Monett, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Purdy Cemetery in Purdy.
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