Earnie T. Langston
1920-2004

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 25 at the Mt. Whitney Cemetery for longtime Lone Pine 
resident Earnie T. Langston.  Rev. Dan Hull, pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene, Ventura, will officiate.

Born in Stroud, Okla. To Archie and Laura Langston on April 13, 1920, Earnie died Sept. 15, 2004 at Washoe Medical 
Center in Reno, Nev.

Earnie was proud of his wartime service to his country.  He served during World War II in the U.S. Army as a truck 
driver with the Army Air Corps in the European Theatre.  During his early years in Lone Pine, Earnie worked for 
Standard Oil and later was employed by the Department of Water and Power, retiring from DWP in 1985.

An avid fisherman and hunter, Earnie missed being able to spend time in the mountains and along the streams of the 
valley when his health prevented him from continuing to enjoy the outdoors.  His leisure hours were spent working 
around his home and following the lives of his much beloved grandchildren.  His grandchildren were a great source 
of pride for Earnie and he was always there for them with a loving, giving heart.

Earnie is survived by his devoted wife, Mildred; stepdaughters and their husbands, Jane and Chuck Miller and Roxie 
and Peyton Bates; grandchildren, Dani Miller and her partner Nancy Morrow, Edward (Chuck) miller and his wife 
Gina-Lee, Norman Miller and his wife Amy, Curtis Bates and his wife Heather, Carolee Bates and her husband Brent 
Dias, Christopher Bates and Catherine Bates; great-grandchildren, Troy Miller, MacKinnon Twomey Miller, Flannery 
Twomey Miller, Keeghan Miller, Rory Miller, Alyssa Miller, Henry Miller, Joshua Bates, and Zachary Dias; two 
sisters, Eunice Clark and Eula Salley, one brother, Leon (Junior) Langston; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The Inyo Register, Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, September 23, 2004 –Page A-2.

Transcribed by Laura M. Bybee for Inyo County GenWeb, 22 April 2005