Earl was a wonderful grandfather who loved his grandchildren immensely and always took time to have lots of fun with them. He took such great pleasure in making them happy. In the 1982 photograph above, Earl is seen riding his lawnmower tractor around with his firstborn grandchild Frankie seated comfortably in a little seat on a wagon that Earl had constructed and hooked up to the lawnmower tractor in order to be able to chauffeur his 1st grandson around the property. Frankie seems to be quite content with that arrangement.

Earl with grandson, Jimmy, playing a game of checkers in 1999.