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Warns Earl
Hatfield
Bio
Warns Earl Hatfield* was born May 30, 1901. Earl was know as a joker and carried candy in his pockets for children. Earl was described by his sister, Jeanette Hatfield Smith, as a "good hearted" guy who would do anything for you.
Earl worked in the coal mines and the family "traded on him for groceries." He was kicked in the head by a mule and never recovered from the complications of that accident.
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Earl died on June 30, 1926, and is buried in the Anderson Hatfield Memorial Cemetery.
Earl
Earl about 1904
Earl at the Hardy coal camp
Earl (left) at the mines
*Excerpted from genealogical material in Love, Opal, Opal Stafford Hatfield, privately printed, 2008, p. 342.
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