Doris M. Earl, better known as Mamaw, 93, died peacefully at home Sunday, August 11, 2024.She was born December 28, 1930 in Butler County, Alabama to the late Robert M. and Gladys Leona Willie Mae (Hall) Stinson. She began working very young in the cotton fields and attended school in Forest Home. She also played professional baseball during WW2 for a team in Selma sponsored by the glove factory where she worked. Doris met Ivan “Speedy” Earl, a young airman from Kentucky, at the Ritz Theater in Greenville, Alabama while he was stationed at Craig Air Force Base. They married seven weeks later, on October 2, 1954. When Ivan completed his service, the Earl family made their way to Crestline in 1956 to set down roots and raise their family. He preceded her in death on December 7, 1995, after 41 years of marriage.Doris was a feisty, hardworking, straight shooting, and strong woman with a wonderful smile. She kept a large garden and canned thousands of vegetables each year. Her cooking was

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