Funeral services were held this past Friday after a man succumbed to injuries he suffered when his vehicle crashed into a tree late last month.

Family and friends said goodbye to Robert Allen Page, 70, during a celebration of his life at DeKalb Funeral Chapel Friday. The pastor at Harvest Time Church and a truck driver with Smithville concrete for nearly three decades, his truck was found a short time after a nearby resident reported hearing a crash.

When help arrived they found Page trapped inside his truck. He was extricated and flown by helicopter to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga where he passed away on April 2, less than a week after the March 27 crash. Investigators say his Nissan truck left the roadway as he was going around a curve, causing it to skid sideways. He clipped a guardrail before going down an embankment and hitting a tree.