Earnest served in the Civilian Conservation Corps before WW

Earnest served in the Civilian Conservation Corps before WW II and then in the US Army in the Philippines during WW II in an engineering battalion. He made full bird colonel in the Army reserves. He went to LSU on the GI bill and got a degree in forestry. He and his wife Margie had three boys: Bruce, Michael and Barry. He and Margie lived in Huntsville, TX, where he worked for Champion Paper. He died of cancer in the 70’s or 80’s at MD Anderson.