More detail on this person: Extended illness.I got this from the Enterprise Ledger/Dothan Eagle
today. Hate to be the bearer of such news. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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01/11/2025
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Earle C. Erwin, 61 of 113 Foxhill Drive, Enterprise, died Sunday August 4, 2002 at the family
residence after an extended illness.
The funeral will be 2 pm Wednesday from the Main Post Chapel (Fort Rucker) with Chaplain Colonel
Harold T. Carlson officiating. Burial with full military honors will be in the Meadowlawn Cemetary
with Pattterson-Sorrells Funeral Home directing.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home 6-8 tonight. The body will be placed in the
Main Post Chapel one hour before service time. Flowers will be accepted or contributions may be
made to the Gideon's International, P.O. Box 310173, Enterprise, AL. 36331-0173, or to Wiregrass
Hospice, P.O. Box, Enterprise, AL. 36331.
Mr. Irwin was a native of Texas having lived in Enterprise for the past five years. He attended
church services at both the Main Post Chapel and the County Line Baptist Church. He was a member
of the Coffee County Gideon's of which he served as the Memorial Bible Chairman. He retired after
37 years from the US Army as a CW5, having served in the Vietnam War and as a paratrooper.
Survivors include his wife, June Irwin, Enterprise; one son, Charles Irwin (Kara), Roseville, CA;
two brothers, Harry Harris, Ore City, TX, Larry Harris, Wayland, MI; one granddaughter, Jade Irwin,
Roseville, CA; nieces and nephews and other relatives.
(Note) Irwin was in Class 67-13 and served with the 11th GS, 1CD, 71-72.
From: George Miller