in his retirement home in Lakeland, Florida, on February 23, 2006. He left behind a son and two grandchildren: A son named Jim Stallings; Grandson James Stallings; granddaughter Meredith Beeson Stallings; and several nephews including Carl Bowen and Bryant Stallings. Earl had a wife of 64 years, Ruth Langston McMahan Stallings, who died in April 2001. References 1916 births 2006 deaths American civil rights activists People from Durham, North Carolina Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary alumni Activists from North Carolina Baptists from North Carolina 20th-century Baptist ministers from the United States