Earnest B Easley was the son of Richard McDonald and Elizabeth Rutz Easley. The mother's name of the death certificate, Bearden, is incorrect. His grandmother was Florence Littlejohn Rutz Bearden, his grandfather was Solomon Rutz. Earnest was ill for several years before he died. He never married. It was said that he was a kind and patient young man. He taught his sister to drive and taught his younger brothers to make ale in the woods. They got caught by their mother. They had tied one of her white dish towels over their barrel. She saw it flapping in the woods and went to investigate. She poured out their ale.
Earnest B Easley was the son of Richard McDonald and Elizabeth Rutz Easley. The mother's name of the death certificate, Bearden, is incorrect. His grandmother was Florence Littlejohn Rutz Bearden, his grandfather was Solomon Rutz. Earnest was ill for several years before he died. He never married. It was said that he was a kind and patient young man. He taught his sister to drive and taught his younger brothers to make ale in the woods. They got caught by their mother. They had tied one of her white dish towels over their barrel. She saw it flapping in the woods and went to investigate. She poured out their ale.
