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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.

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Earl

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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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