– Served in the Army in the European theatre during World War II.

       – He worked as a bus driver for Montgomery City Bus Lines.

1955 – On 1st of December he asked Rosa Parks to move to the back of his bus and had her arrested when she refused, sparking Montgomery bus boycott.

1974 – He worked as a bus driver for Montgomery City Bus Lines.

2002 – He died of a heart attack on 21st of March in his Montgomery home.