Earl Kearns Chitwood age 79 years, 1 month, and 12 days of Stearns, Kentucky went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at the Jean Waddle Hospice Care Center in Somerset, Kentucky. Funeral services were held Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 2:00 pm at the Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Cassada officiating. Burial followed in the McCreary Memorial Gardens. Steven Terry, Mischa Crabtree, Randy Martin, Nicholas Martin, Chase Cardoza, and Caden Cardoza served as pallbearers. John Beams, Mike Meadors, Steve Martin, Johnny Jenkins, and Bob Watters served as honorary pallbearers. He was born October 3, 1937 in Whitley City, Kentucky to Elijah Kearns Chitwood and Della (Murphy) Chitwood. Earl was a member of the Whitley City Second Baptist Church. He retired from the U.S. Navy after 20 years of service, worked at the Pine Knot Job Corp Center for many years, was a retired school bus driver, and was actively involved in AA for nearly 29 years. His hobbies included reading his bible, fishing, mowing his lawn, watching dirt track racing, and he especially enjoyed "weigh" fish with all his buddies at Arby's. Earl never met a stranger and enjoyed talking to everyone he met. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Shirley (King) Chitwood, three half-brothers, and three half-sisters. Earl is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Chitwood; son Terry Chitwood and wife, Jackie of Lancaster, Kentucky; daughters, Loriann "Sissy"Lawson and fiance, Joel Gilbertson, Kernersville, North Carolina, and Christy Claiborne and husband, Greg, of Helenwood, Tennessee; step-sons, Steve Martin and wife, Rose, of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and Rick Martin and wife, Debbie, of Juliette, Georgia; a step-daughter, Elaine Cardoza and husband, Teddy, of Gallatin, Tennessee; grandchildren, Jessica Terry, Steven Terry, Christopher Chitwood, and Mischa Claiborne; step-grandchildren, Jason Martin, Randy Martin, Nicholas Martin, Chase Cardoza, Brynn Martin, Kinzy Cardoza, Rachel Martin, and Caden Cardoza; 5 great-grandchildren, and 2 step-great-grandchildren; a brother, Robert Chitwood and wife, Mildred, of Sharpsburg, Georgia, and a sister, Louverna Denny, of Science Hill, Kentucky, and many nephews, nieces, and friends.