William F. Earle's Obituary
William Franklin Earle of Spring Hill, Florida passed into eternity to meet his Lord on January 4, 2011. He was born to Georgia and William Wood on Christmas Day, 1919 in Leolyn, PA. After graduating from Homer Free Academy (N.Y.) in 1940, he enlisted in the US Army/Air Corp in 1943 and trained as a flight cadet . In 1944, he married Nelloma Rial whom he had met while training at Helena Aero Tech in Helena, AR. After the war, William and Nell settled in Locke, N.Y. where he pursued farming for a number of years. In 1950, he began working at Smith-Corona Typewriters where he worked until he retired in 1982.In 1954, William started a small church in Peruville, N.Y. which he pastored along with his duties at Smith Corona until 1982. He and his wife retired at that time to Spring Hill FL where he served as associate pastor of the First Baptist Church of Weeki Wachee Acres until recently.William is survived by his devoted wife of 68 years, Nelloma and his younger sister, Hildreth Robinson both of Spring Hill; his children, William Franklin Jr. (Jeanette) of Blairsville, GA; Cheryl Earle Myers (Ronald) of El Cajon CA; Mary Elizabeth Earle Warfel (James) of Palm Harbor, FL; Lynn Marlene Earle Sickinger (Kenneth) of Newburgh, NY; and Marvin Willard Earle (Rita) of Mt. Arlington, NJ. He was predeceased by his second son, Daniel Fredrick Earle (1978). Also surviving are 12 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.A Visitation will be held at 3pm-4pm on Friday, January, 6th, 2012, at the First Baptist Church of Weeki Wachee Acres, 8092 Toucan Trail, Spring Hill, Fl, 34606, with a Funeral Service at 4pm at the Church.
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