Howard Willis Easterling (November 26, 1911 – September 6, 1993) was an American

third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the Baseball scorekeep ...

Negro league baseball The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relativel ...

who played between 1937 and 1954. A native of

Mount Olive, Mississippi Mount Olive is a town in Covington County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 895 at the 2020 census. History The town of Mount Olive was incorporated on May 18, 1900, making the town older than Magee to the north and older than C ...

, Easterling served in the

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during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. He died in

Collins, Mississippi Collins is a city in Covington County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,586 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Covington County. History From Williamsburg Depot to Collins Collins was originally incorporated as Willi ...

in 1993 at age 81.

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