Earnest Esker East (1916 - 2000)

Born 8 Jul 1916 in Surry, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Jan 2000 at age 83 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Earnest East is Notable.

Earnest was an Appalachian Folk Artist

Award-winning folk artist Earnest East brought Appalachian folk music to a wider audience at national festivals with his signature slip-chord fiddling, guitar, and banjo playing

Earnest Esker East was born on July 8, 1916 in Surry, North Carolina to Rosa C Hill and William J East.^[1]

Earnest married Fannie Sutphin 23 Feb 1935 in Surry, North Carolina.^[2]

East earned the Brown-Hudson Folklore Award from the North Carolina Folklore Society in 1988^[3] and the North Carolina Folk Heritage Award in 1990.^[4]

Earnest died on January 8, 2000, aged 83^[5] and is buried in Round Peak Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Lowgap, North Carolina.^[6]

Discography:

• "Earnest East and the Pine Ridge Boys - Old-Time Mountain Music" (1969)
• "Stringband Music from Mt. Airy" (1981)

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch Record: VCQN-WQ2 :(Accessed 8 December 2014), East, 27 Jun 1915; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 1, p. 860, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
2. ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch Record: F8JB-WHQ : (Accessed 14 February 2020), Ernest East, 1935.
3. ↑ NC Folklore Society Awards (Accessed 18 May 2023)
4. ↑ NC Folk Heritage Award Recipients (Accessed 18 May 2023)
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch Record: J2D7-4TG:(Accessed 8 January 2021), Earnest E East, 08 Jan 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84961612/earnest-esker-east: accessed 18 May 2023), memorial page for Earnest Esker East (8 Jul 1916–8 Jan 2000), Find A Grave: Memorial #84961612, citing Round Peak Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Round Peak, Surry County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Esther Johnson (contributor 47366941).

See Also:

• Earnest East Wikipedia
• Wikidata: Item Q23751637, en:Wikipedia