Individual Details

Death

Earl's obituary appeared 7 Mar 1979 in the Texarkana newspaper: William Earl Stringfellow, 71, of 514 Central Avenue died in his home Monday night, after a short illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the St. James Episcopal Church with the Rev. Richard C. Allen officiating. Burial will be in the Spring Hill Cemetery near Daingerfield, Texas under the direction of Texarkana Funeral Home. He was born at Naples, Texas, a former resident of Texarkana moving back in 1946 after his retirement from the U.S. Navy.  He was a Lieutenant JG in the Navy Submarine Service with 23 years of service.  He had received the Bronze Star, the Silver Star, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Fleet Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation.  He was also a member of the Saint James Episcopal Church. Survivors include wife Flossie Foster Stringfellow of Wake Village, Texas; a son Richard E. Stringfellow of Renton, Washington; two stepsons, Robert Fagerquist of Uncasville, Conn., and Michael Evans of Schofield Barracks,Hawaii; three stepdaughters, Edith Herron of Hayward, Calif., Emma DeFoor of Broderick, Calif. and Connie Powell of Atlanta, Texas; three sisters Volu Whitsitt of Henderson, KY., Lottie Stafford of Donnellson, Iowa and Coye Head of Wake Village, Texas; 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.