Milt Earnhart | |
Office2: | Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives |
Term2: | 1959โ1966 |
Office1: | Member of the Arkansas Senate |
Term1: | 1967โ1980 |
Birth Date: | 1 April 1918 |
Birth Place: | Pine Lawn, Missouri, U.S. |
Death Place: | Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Battles: | World War II |
Birth Name: | Gerard Milton Earnhart |
Gerard Milton Earnhart (April 1, 1918 โ June 6, 2020) was an American politician and former broadcast journalist. He was a Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1959 to 1966 and the Arkansas Senate from 1967 to 1980.[1]
Earnhart served in the United States Army during World War II.[2] Prior to entering politics, Earnhart was a broadcaster and a weatherman for KFSM-TV, a CBS News affiliate in Fort Smith, Arkansas.[3] [4] He worked in his family's vehicle repair business, originally established as Armbruster & Co in 1921.[5]
Earnhart was married to Mary Elizabeth Robben and had three children.[6] He turned 100 in April 2018.[7] Earnhart died on June 6, 2020, at the age of 102.[8]