Earl Ewing was born to Bobbie Starks and Earl Ewing in Salina, Kansas in 1919. He had an adopted sister Phyllis Ewing Webber. Ewing was a 2nd Class Petty Officer metalsmith in the U.S. Navy. He was married to Velma Koestel Hipp and they had one daughter, Marlys Ewing Atteberry. Courtesy fold3.com, findagrave.com, www.elliotmortuary.com.